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About a million years.
The reasoning:
As energy is produced, photons are emitted and they are free to travel. Unfortunately, there are also billions of other photons doing the same thing. they collide and are deflected, sometimes upwards, downwards, even sideways. There is no straight path. It's a random event, which is why no real true figure is available.
It's a bit like being placed in a forest, blindfolded and your hands are tied. As you wander about, you hit a tree and move around it, but another tree is in your way. You have no idea of direction so you just wander around bumping into trees. As you bumble, given enough time, you will eventually exit the forest and freedom, but it takes a long time.
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How long does it take Photons at the core to the surface?
It can take thousands to millions of years for a photon to travel from the core of the Sun to its surface due to the dense interactions and scattering of photons within the Sun's outer layers. Once a photon reaches the surface, it takes only about 8 minutes to travel to Earth.
How long does it take for 1 photon of light to leave the Sun?
It is believed that a photon of light takes about a million years to travel from the centre of the Sun to the Photosphere. This is because the gamma rays (high-energy photons) released in fusion reactions are absorbed in only a few millimeters of solar plasma and then re-emitted again in random direction and at slightly lower energy.
Hiw long does it take for a light beam from the sun to hit the earth?
From the time the light photon is generated in the core of the Sun, it may take millions of years to get to the surface. But once it reaches the surface of the Sun, the Earth is only 8 minutes 20 seconds away!
How long does it take light from the center of the sun to reach earth?
81/3 minutes from the sun's surface, but possibly thousands of yearsto reach the sun's surface from its center.
How long will it take a rocket to get into outer space from the earth surface?
The space shuttle takes 8 minutes to reach orbit.
How long does it take Photons at the core to the surface?
It can take thousands to millions of years for a photon to travel from the core of the Sun to its surface due to the dense interactions and scattering of photons within the Sun's outer layers. Once a photon reaches the surface, it takes only about 8 minutes to travel to Earth.
How long does it take for a photon to travel from the surface of the sun to Earth?
It takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds for a photon to travel from the surface of the sun to Earth.
Why does energy take so long to reach the surface of the sun?
Photons keep getting absorbed by other particle and then released in a completely random direction. This make the photon take a long time to finally pop out of the sun.
How long does it take for energy to get from the core to the surface of the sun?
A photon of light takes about a million years to escape from the Sun. This is because, as the photon makes a random move, it will hit another photon, and move off in another direction. Because of the density, and the amount of other photons, it can take this amount of time to reach the surface of the Sun. Once free of the Sun, the photon is unaffected and can "stream" out at the speed of light to wherever it wants to go.
How long does it take for heat of the Sun fusion reactions to reach the sun's surface?
From the surface of the sun the heat radiations take 8 minutes to reach the surface of hte earth.
How long does it take a photon of light to reach Earth from the centre of the Sun?
It takes a long time to get to the surface of the Sun. I have read various estimates, but I think, on average, it takes about 40,000 years. It only takes a few minutes to reach Earth from the Sun's surface. It takes over a million years because of size, density and atomic reactions. Then only eight and a third minutes to reach the Earth.
How long does it take for the bottom layer of the skin to reach the surface?
2week's
How long does it take for 1 photon of light to leave the Sun?
It is believed that a photon of light takes about a million years to travel from the centre of the Sun to the Photosphere. This is because the gamma rays (high-energy photons) released in fusion reactions are absorbed in only a few millimeters of solar plasma and then re-emitted again in random direction and at slightly lower energy.
How long does the energy produced in a star take to reach the earth?
From the core, photons take about a million years to reach the surface. From there, they are free to travel and only take just over 8 minutes to reach the Earth.
How long energy sun take to get to earth?
Energy, in the form of radiation, takes about 8 minutes to reach from the surface of Sun to the surface of Earth.
How long does it take a particle of energy to escape the sun?
It takes a particle of energy, such as a photon, about 100,000 years to travel from the core of the sun to its surface before being released into space.
Hiw long does it take for a light beam from the sun to hit the earth?
From the time the light photon is generated in the core of the Sun, it may take millions of years to get to the surface. But once it reaches the surface of the Sun, the Earth is only 8 minutes 20 seconds away!
