The Earth's distance from the Sun varies slightly, since Earth's orbit is not a perfect circle.
Earth's closest distance (perihelion) occurs in early January each year when it is approximately 91,445,000 miles (147,166,000 km) from the sun.
Earth's farthest distance (aphelion) occurs in early July each year when it is approximately 94,555,000 miles (152,171,000 km) from the sun.
The distance is one AU (astronomical unit) from the sun. One AU is 93 million miles, which is 8.3 light minutes.
The sun is about eight light-minutes away from Earth. 8 minutes is a tiny fraction of one year, so the distance (93 million miles) is a corresponding small fraction of a light-year.
You could divide 8 minutes by 60*24*365 to get an approximate answer.
The average distance is about 1.58203628 × 10-5 light years.
A little over 8 minutes. So, less than 1 light year. The sun is 93 million miles away, and light travels 186,000 miles per second, so light would cover that distance in 500 seconds, or about 8 minutes.
One light year is about 5.9 trillion miles.
The suns light takes 8 minutes to reach the earth.
A light year is the distance light travels in a year.
So the Earth is 0.133333333 of a light year from the Sun ---------------------------------------------------------------------
.1333 is 8/60.
You want 8/60/24/365.25=.000015
0.0000158 light years, or:
0.00019 light months
0.000825 light weeks
0.00578 light days
0.1386 light hours [this resembles the original answer]
8.3167 light minutes
499.00 light seconds
A light year is approximately seven trillion miles. The planet Earth is 93,000,000 miles from the sun, which in terms of light years is about 13 millionths of a light year. Even the most distant planet in the solar system is less than a thousandth of a light year away from the sun. Distances inside the solar system are not usually measured in light years. Light years are more useful in measuring the distances to other stars.
A bit more than 8 light minutes away.
That's 0.0000158 light-year.
Betelgeuse is about 640 light-years from the sun.
Neither the sun nor the moon are planets. The sun is brighter than the moon by far. The sun emits its own light. The moon only reflects light from the sun.
About three light years from the sun.
Antares is approximately 600 light years from the Sun
Yes, stars are extremely far away compared to the planets. The next closest star to our sun is 285,000 AU away. Neptune, the furthest planet from the sun, is 15 AU away. So the closest star to our sun is nearly 20,000 times as far as the most distant planet in our solar system. The rest of the stars in our galaxy range from 6 light years to about 80,000 light years in distance from us.
Barnard's star is about 6 light years away from the sun.
Our nine planets orbit around the Sun. Other planets that are light-years away orbit around their suns (A sun is just a large star with planets). Hope this helped!
Betelgeuse is about 640 light-years from the sun.
Neither the sun nor the moon are planets. The sun is brighter than the moon by far. The sun emits its own light. The moon only reflects light from the sun.
About three light years from the sun.
Not light years, 107 milllion km.
Antares is approximately 600 light years from the Sun
the stars emitt its own light. But the planets do not have any own light. It absorbs the light from the stars like a sun. It just reflects the light. And also the stars are far away from the earth than the planets. So we can found the twinkling of stars but not the planets.
In short, yes, but it really depends on how far the planets are from Earth. Planets such as Venus and Jupiter can be seen literally as soon as the sun has set, so nearby planets will be visible in light-polluted cities.
The planets reflect sunlight, but the stars are too far away to have any significant effect.
Yes, stars are extremely far away compared to the planets. The next closest star to our sun is 285,000 AU away. Neptune, the furthest planet from the sun, is 15 AU away. So the closest star to our sun is nearly 20,000 times as far as the most distant planet in our solar system. The rest of the stars in our galaxy range from 6 light years to about 80,000 light years in distance from us.
No. Planets do not emit light; they can only reflect light from the Sun.