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How long would it take the light to travel from the center of the Sun to its surface if there was no collision?
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∙ 8y ago
The diameter of the sun is listed as 863,705 miles.
The distance from the center to the 'surface' (the radius) is half of that . . . 431,853 miles.
At the speed of light in vacuum, that distance is covered in 2.32 seconds (rounded).
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