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How long does reflected light from Jupiter to reach the earth?
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∙ 11y ago
35 minutes.
Obviously it depends where the planets are in their orbits. I think that 35 minutes is about the least possible time.
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How long does it take for the light generated by the star Betelgeuse to reach Earth?
The light takes about 640 years to reach Earth, as Betelgeuse (a red supergiant star) is about 640 light years from Earth.
How many earth days would it take to reach Jupiter?
well it would take approximately 49 earth days
Why does it take longer for light to reach earth then the time it takes light reflections off the moon to get to earth?
It doesn't. If the light reflecting off of the moon is what's reaching you first...then it's night time. The above answers is incorrect as u can see the moon during the day as well..... This is a little more complicated than you think. Firstly it takes about 8 minutes for the light from the Sun to reach Earth, and a second or so for it to reach the Moon. The light being reflected back to you from the moon is actually light from the Sun. So Light from Sun to Earth 8 minutes ( i am using round figures ) to the moon 8 minutes 1 second. Light from the Moon to the Earth is 1 sec. However the light your are seeing is 8 minutes and 2 seconds old, not 1 second. The reason you think it is quicker is because the Moon is closer to the Earth, its kind of a trick question. Or part of the time, the moon is closer to the sun than the Earth is. Like this morning when looking to the East just before sunrise, I saw a crescent moon. The light from the sun arrived at the moon first, then reflected to us. In this case, that path of light would be approximately the same distance as a beam of light directly from the sun.
How does observing the moons of Jupiter measure the speed of light?
It has to do with the amount of time it takes the the light from the moon of Jupiter to reach the earth depending on if the earth is on the same side of the sun as Jupiter compared to the opposite side of the sun from Jupiter. Because of the time difference for the light to arrive, the orbit of the moons appear late in passing behind or in front of Jupiter when earth is on the opposite side of the sun from Jupiter, compared to when it is on the same side. This time difference is then the time it takes the light to travel the diameter of the earth's orbit around the sun. Velocity is then simply distance divided by time.Of course you still need to know how to calculate the diameter of the earth's orbit around the sun in the 17th century, but that's another answer!Look up the astronomer named Ole Christensen Rømer he was the one who noticed this first, his estimate was 11 minutes difference, and resulted in a figure of 130,000 miles per second. 186,300 miles per second or 299,792 km per second is the actual speed.
How long does it takes the sunlight to reach the Earth?
It takes light around 8 minutes and 19 seconds to reach the earth from the sun.
How long does it take reflected light from Jupiter to reach the earth?
Jupiter and Earth are not always the same distance apart. At their closest, it would take about 1.96 seconds. At their furthest, about 3.22 seconds.
How does the light from the moon reach the earth?
The moon does not emit light, rather it reflects it. The light from the sun shines on the moon, and it is reflected to earth.
What causes the lunar phase?
Amount of light from sun that reach/reflected-by the moon as the earth revolves the sun.
Does the suns light take eight years to reach earth?
Not unless it reflected off an object 4 light years away.Straight to Earth takes about 8 minutes.
How many light minutes is it from Jupiter to Earth?
That depends on how far apart Jupiter and earth are at the time.When both are on the same side of the sun, the closest the two planets can befrom each other is about 391 million miles. When on opposite sides of the sun,the farthest apart is about 577 million miles.The corresponding transit-times at light speed are between 35 minutes and 51.6 minutes.
How long does it take to reach Jupiter?
Earth is 588 million kilometers away from Jupiter. On a space shuttle, it would take about 2 years to reach Jupiter from Earth.
There is no moon when it is?
the reason we sometimes don't see the moon is because the sun is in a posision where the light doesn't reach the moon, there for the light isn't reflected to Earth and we can't see it.
How long does it take stars light to get to us?
In our Solar System, we see light from our sun reflected off the planets. In more distant galaxies, light from many millions of stars takes a long time to reach the Earth. It takes light 4 years to reach the Earth from Sirius, a near neighbouring star. Using the Hubble telescope, we can see the light from the Eagle Nebula, which takes 7,000 years to reach the Earth.
Does the light of the sun reach the earth?
Yes - the light takes approximately 8 minutes 20 seconds to hit the earth surface. In addition the Moon reflects the suns light so we see "moon light" which of course is in actual fact reflected sunlight
How many lightyears are you away from Jupiter?
Well the Moon is 1 light second away from earth ( meaning if you were moving at the speed of light you would reach and pass the moon in 1 second ) and the Sun is about 8 light minutes away from us. Jupiter is maybe 4 light minutes?
The time it takes for sunlight to be reflected from the moon to earth?
Light from the sun takes about 81/3 minutes to reach the moon, and if it bounces off the moon in the direction of Earth, another 1.27 seconds from the moon to Earth.
How does it take for light to reach earth?
If you mean light from the Sun, then it takes eight minutes for the light to reach the Earth.
