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How long does it take red photons from the sun to reach the earth?
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∙ 14y ago
A photon is a piece of light. Light of different colors travels at the same speed in a vacuum. It takes light about 8 minutes 20 seconds to travel from the Sun to Earth.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoThat depends on where they started out from. In other words, it depends on how far they have to go.
One thing you can be sure of is the speed at which they'll cover the distance through space:
299,792,458 meters (186,282 miles) per second
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∙ 13y agoIt would take a photon t= r/c =150E9/3E8=500 seconds or 8.333 minutes.
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