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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.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe 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.
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∙ 12y agoThe 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.
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∙ 14y agoThe 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
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∙ 13y agoA 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.
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∙ 11y agoA bit more than 8 light minutes away.
That's 0.0000158 light-year.
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Do the planets can be seen by reflected light by the sun and other stars?
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Does the energy from Sun energise other planets so they can emit light?
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