One year
Pluto's orbit is highly eccentric. When Pluto is at its minimum distance form the Sun, sunlight takes about 14800 seconds to reach it (just over 4 hours). At its maximum, the light takes about 24600 seconds (nearly 7 hours).
Light years.
450 years.
It takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds for sunlight to reach Earth.
It takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds for sunlight to reach the Earth.
On January 19, 2006 a space probe was launched and sent to Pluto. It was expected to reach Pluto in 2015. So it would take about 9 years to get to Pluto.
8 minutes.
8 seconds
100 years
Sound waves can't travel through space.
Because it takes many years to reach Pluto (with a probe), and then, many more years to transmit information back.
Triton is Neptune's moon. However, it takes about 155 min for sunlight to reach Triton.