How long does it take for the suns rays toreach earth?

Anonymous

∙ 14y ago

Updated: 8/18/2019

On average, the distance from the Sun to the Earth is about 150 million kilometers. Light travels at the speed of 299,792,458 meters/second. Doing the math, we get:

(150,000,000 km x 1000) / 299,792,458 meters/second

= 500.346 seconds

= 8.339 minutes

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∙ 14y ago

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