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How long does it take for light to travel between the sun and the outer kuiper belt?
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∙ 13y ago
This would depend on how fast you were travelling. The inner edge of the Kuiper Belt is about 30AU (4,487,940,000 km) from the sun, and 29AU (4,338,342,000 km) from Earth.
If you were travelling the speed of light (300,000,000m/s), it would take you 4 hours, 1 minute, and 1 second.
If you were travelling the speed of sound (340.29m/s), it would take you 403 years, 11 months, 29 days, 22 hours, 7 minutes, and 19 seconds.
If you were to travel the same speed as Apollo 10 (39,896km/h, or 11,082m/s), it would take you 12 years, 4 months, 26 days, 5 hours, 18 minutes, and 32 seconds.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe Kuiper belt is approximately 55 AU from the Sun (It obviously varies as it does not have a hard definable edge)
Light would take just over 7.5 hours to get there.
55 Astronomical Units = 7.62369079 light hours
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∙ 13y agoThe Kuiper Belt is so far from the Sun that the idea of "day" has no meaning there. The Sun is merely the brightest star.
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∙ 11y agoApproximately 5 hours and 41 minutes, but depending which part of the Kuiper Belt, between 4.07 hours and 7.25 hours.
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∙ 13y agoDepending on the distance from the Sun, a "year" may be anywhere from several centuries to thousands of years. The further you are from the Sun, the longer the orbits take.
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yes
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· Kuiper belt
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outer space
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No. Regions in outer space.
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We can see stars.
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We receive light from the Sun, the planets, the stars.
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Does light need a medium through which to travel?
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What is name for the portion of the outer solar system where comets can be found?
the oort cloud and the kuiper belt
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Used to travel in outer space at the osmosis of speed of light.
