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From the Sun to the Earth, it takes the light rays 8 1/3 minutes.
From the Sun to the Earth, it takes the light rays 8 1/3 minutes.
From the Sun to the Earth, it takes the light rays 8 1/3 minutes.
From the Sun to the Earth, it takes the light rays 8 1/3 minutes.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoIt takes close to 8.3 minutes for sunlight to reach the earth. Kind of crazy!
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∙ 13y agoit takes about 8 minutes point something seconds for sunlight to reach earth
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∙ 14y agoThe sun is around 150,000,000 km away from the earth ... light travels at a speed of 299,792.458 km/s ...
so it takes the light coming from the sun around 500 secs ~ 8 mins to reach us
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∙ 15y agoThe time for sun's light to reach the earth is 150e9m/3e8m/s=500 seconds or roughly 8 minutes.
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∙ 14y agoFrom the Sun to the Earth, it takes the light rays 8 1/3 minutes.
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∙ 15y ago8.32 minutes
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∙ 13y agoAbout 8 minutes
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∙ 12y ago8 minutes 20 seconds.
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∙ 11y ago8 minutes
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How many minutes it takes light from there sun to reach the earth?
With the simple equation: Rate*Time=Distance. Since you need to find the time it would be: Time=Distance/Rate. The sun is approximately 93 million miles from the Earth and the speed of light is approximately 186000 miles per second. So you would take 93000000/186000, which equals 500. It takes about 500 seconds(around 8 minutes) for the Sun's light to reach Earth.
Why is light measured in distance and not in time?
-- The distance that light travels in some amount of time is expressed in units of distance. -- The time that it takes light to cover some amount of distance is expressed in units of time. -- The speed of light is expressed in units of speed . . . distance/time
How long does it take for sun rays to reach Jupiter?
It takes about 43 minutes for light from the Sun to reach Jupiter. Here is a helpful link describing how long it takes for light from the Sun to reach objects in our solar system. http://www.pbs.org/seeinginthedark/astronomy-topics/light-as-a-cosmic-time-machine.html
Light takes 1.26 s to travel from the moon to Earth in an experiment What is the distance between them at this time?
Light travels at 300,000 km per second, or 186,000 miles per second. Multiply the speed of light in your preferred units times the time to get the distance.
How do you convert au to light years?
Astronomical units are commonly used to express distances within the Solar System. Light-years are commonly used for larger distance - distances to other stars, or other galaxies. Parsecs are also used for large distances.
Units used to measure the distance to stars in terms of whether their starlight takes minutes or years to reach earth?
Tbhe unit is the "light year" = 5.8787 x 1012 miles
How many minutes does it take for sun light to reach Pluto?
Pluto's distance from the Sun is from 4.4 to 7.4 billion kilometers. The speed of light is 300,000 km/sec. Light takes between from 4.1 hours and 6.8 hours to travel from the Sun to Pluto. For the mean distance of 5.9 billion km, it would take 5.46 hours.
How many minutes it takes light from there sun to reach the earth?
With the simple equation: Rate*Time=Distance. Since you need to find the time it would be: Time=Distance/Rate. The sun is approximately 93 million miles from the Earth and the speed of light is approximately 186000 miles per second. So you would take 93000000/186000, which equals 500. It takes about 500 seconds(around 8 minutes) for the Sun's light to reach Earth.
What is the units used to measure the distance of stars to the earth?
light years
Why is light measured in distance and not in time?
-- The distance that light travels in some amount of time is expressed in units of distance. -- The time that it takes light to cover some amount of distance is expressed in units of time. -- The speed of light is expressed in units of speed . . . distance/time
How are light years and astronomical units similar?
Light years and astronomical units are both units of distance.
How long does it take for sun rays to reach Jupiter?
It takes about 43 minutes for light from the Sun to reach Jupiter. Here is a helpful link describing how long it takes for light from the Sun to reach objects in our solar system. http://www.pbs.org/seeinginthedark/astronomy-topics/light-as-a-cosmic-time-machine.html
How long does it take light to travel from earth to Neptune?
Neptune has an average distance from the Sun of 2.8 billion miles and the earth is 0.09 billion miles from the sun so it is 2.71 billion miles from the earth. Light travels at 186,000 miles per second. So 2.71 x 109 divided by 186,000 = 14570 seconds = 4.05 hours = 4.62 x 10-4 years.
Light takes 1.26 s to travel from the moon to Earth in an experiment What is the distance between them at this time?
Light travels at 300,000 km per second, or 186,000 miles per second. Multiply the speed of light in your preferred units times the time to get the distance.
Stellar distance are usually expressed in what units?
A light year
What is the ratio of 1 au and 1 light year?
One AU is about 8.3 light-MINUTES. You can do the math from here.======================================In case you're unable or unwilling . . . . . it's about 63,200 . (rounded)
How do you convert au to light years?
Astronomical units are commonly used to express distances within the Solar System. Light-years are commonly used for larger distance - distances to other stars, or other galaxies. Parsecs are also used for large distances.
