Jupiter is an average of 778,547,200 miles from the Sun. That is the equivalent of 0.00008 light years. Light travels about 6 trillion miles in one year.
0.000082235 light years
Jupiter is, on average, about 484 million miles from the sun. Traveling at a speed of 1000 miles per hour, it would take over 550 years to travel from the sun to Jupiter.
Barnard's star is about 6 light years away from the sun.
The Sun is by far the nearest star to Jupiter.
Jupiter and its moons get light from the same source we do: the sun.
0.000082235 light years
Jupiter is not even close to a light year from the sun. Jupiter is about 5.2 AU from the sun on average, which works out to about 43 light minutes.
Callisto, one of Jupiter's moons, is about 481 million miles away from the sun. In terms of light-years, it is roughly 0.000005 light-years from the sun.
Because red light is the longest wavelength and is the only light that can travel from the sun to Jupiter and back to earth for us on earth to see.
Jupiter is 800 million kilometers from the sun
Jupiter is, on average, about 484 million miles from the sun. Traveling at a speed of 1000 miles per hour, it would take over 550 years to travel from the sun to Jupiter.
Betelgeuse is about 640 light-years from the sun.
Barnard's star is about 6 light years away from the sun.
Jupiter does not produce its own light, but it reflects light from the sun. Due to its distance from the sun, Jupiter appears as a bright object in the night sky when viewed from Earth. It is not a source of light itself.
Antares is approximately 600 light years from the Sun
About three light years from the sun.
Jupiter does not have light other than the lighting thunderstorms which give off the light.