How long would it take at the speed of light to get from the sun to mercury?

Answer 1

The Speed of light is approximately : 186000 miles per second The distance from the Earth to Mercury is approximately 48 million miles on average. so, 48000000 / 186000 = 258 seconds 60 seconds per minute so 258 / 60 = 4.3 minutes

Answer 2

Mercury is approximately 57 million miles from Earth. At 57 mph is would take a million hours or 114 years At 1,000,000 mph it would take 57 hours. At 1,000 mph it would take 57,000 hours or 6.5 years

Answer 3

Assuming that the distance from Mercury at its perihelion is approximately 44 million kilometers, the time to travel would be 146.768 Light seconds, 2.446 Light minutes, or .0041 Light hours. Assuming that at its aphelion Venus to Mercury is 174 Million kilometers the distance to travel would be 580.402 Light Seconds, 9.673 Light minutes or .161 Light hours. The mean distance is 58 million kilometers, travel time will be 310.818 light seconds, 5.18 light minutes , 0.086 light hours. This is of course assuming that matter could travel at precisely the speed of light (Which should technically not be possible). From the users perspective we can only assume what this speed would seem to be, if anytime passed at all. So from an observer's perspective, it would be somewhere between 2.446 minutes (minimum) and 9.673 minutes (maximum) or an average time of 5.18 minutes.

Answer 4

Venus will not travel to Earth, and 40 thousand miles per hour is not

the speed of light. Otherwise, the question is a fascinating one.

Answer 5

If Mercury is 57.9x109m from the sun, and if light travels at a speed of 3x108 m/s, then it would take 193 seconds (or 3.2 minutes) for light to reach Mercury.