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The Sun is 1 A.U. ( Astronomic Unit) from Earth.
Because of the immensity of space, distances are calculated in 'A.U.' or 'Light Years'.
Photons of Light from the Sun takes approximately 8 minutes to reach Earth.
What else can I help you with?
How far away is the sun in light minutes?
The sun is about 8.3 light minutes away from Earth. This means that it takes about 8.3 minutes for light to travel from the sun to Earth.
Is the distance from the sun to the earth 1 light year?
No. A light year is the distance light travels in a year. By comparison, the sun is about 8 light minutes from Earth. This distance from Earth to the sun is called 1 astronomical unit or 1 AU.
Is there any star less than 1 light year from Earth?
Just our Sun....it is approximately 8 light minutes from Earth. yes, the sun, our star.
Use light-year in a sentence?
A light-year is a measure of distance, not of time.
What is the distance in light years of the sun to earth?
Less than 1 light year. Lots less. It's not a light year away, it's 8.333 light minutes away . Light travels about 5.9 trillion miles in a year, and the sun is only 93 million miles away. The speed of light is 186,000 miles/second, so light from the sun reaches the earth in 500 seconds, or 8 minutes and 20 seconds. So, the sun is about 0.0000158 light years from the earth.
Distance of the sun from earth in light years?
Our sun is approximately 93,000,000 miles away. One light year isapproximately 5,866,000,000,000 miles away. 93,000,000/5,866,000,000,000 = 0.0000158 light years.
Is Mercury a light year away from earth?
No it is not. Mercury is closer than a light year away.=======================================Pluto ... and anything closer to the sun than Pluto is ... is never more than about 400 light minutes from Earth.From here to the sun is about 81/3 light minutes.
How far away is the sun in light minutes?
The sun is about 8.3 light minutes away from Earth. This means that it takes about 8.3 minutes for light to travel from the sun to Earth.
Is the distance from the sun to the earth 1 light year?
No. A light year is the distance light travels in a year. By comparison, the sun is about 8 light minutes from Earth. This distance from Earth to the sun is called 1 astronomical unit or 1 AU.
Is the average distance from earth to the sun a light-year?
No. The distance from the Earth to the Sun is 8 light-minutes.It takes light 8 minutes to travel from the Sun to the Earth, in other words.The distance that light can travel in one year is one light-year.
Is there any star less than 1 light year from Earth?
Just our Sun....it is approximately 8 light minutes from Earth. yes, the sun, our star.
How many light years away is your sun?
The sun is not light years away but light minutes and the sun is 8 (rounded) light minutes away from us. But if you really want to know how far away the sun is from us in light years it is 0.000015 of a light year away from us.
What do you think would have happened if the sun where hundreds of light year is away from our earth?
because light years are easy to count than in kilometers..
What takes longer to reach earth light from the sun or light from other stars?
Light from the sun because all light travels at the same speed, and the sun is the closest star to the earth, so therefore the light from the sun reaches the earth before light from other (further away) stars
What is theLight distance to the sun?
The Earth is eight light-minutes away from the Sun.
Use light-year in a sentence?
A light-year is a measure of distance, not of time.
Do All stars in a constellation have to be within a light year?
No. No star other than the sun is within a light year of Earth. Most of the stars in constellations are dozens to hundreds of light years away.
