How long can you be in the sun before you get burned?

Answer 1

It depends on how bright, dim or where the sun currently is during that period of time. As though i assume you mean direct contact it shouldn't immediately happen. Your retina will grow damage without you even noticing. Staring into the sun directly is very dangerous and can cause permanent damage. But, in other words to answer your question, directly staring into it shouldn't take more then 15-20 SECONDS.

It is very dangerous, so please don't no matter how much you think it won't damage, or even after doing it once you see that nothing happens, it does.

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A few SECONDS of staring into the mid-day Sun will blind you.

It's safe enough to do at dawn or dusk, for 20 or 30 seconds, but any longer risks blindness.

Answer 2

The amount of time you can spend in the sun before getting burned depends on factors like your skin type, time of day, and UV index. Generally, fair-skinned people can burn in as little as 10-15 minutes of exposure during peak sunlight hours, while those with darker skin may have more natural protection. It's important to always wear sunscreen, seek shade, and limit sun exposure to prevent burns and skin damage.

Answer 3

Well, if you're in space without any protective gear, you'd die no matter how far you are from the Sun; It would still be absolute zero. However, if you are talking about being on a planet like Earth, then the liveable-space would vary due to atmosphere composition, size, and gravity of the planet.

Answer 4

The exact number is constantly changing, because the Earth's path around the sun

is not a perfect circle, and the sun is slightly off-center inside that path. But a close,

round figure that's easy to remember is: 150 million kilometers / 93 million miles.

Is that close ? That depends on what you compare it to.

-- It's closer to the sun than Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are, but farther from

the sun than Mercury and Venus are.

-- It's only 0.0000038 of the distance to the next nearest star, but it's

186 million times farther than we go when I take my dogs out for a walk.

Answer 5

We're 93 million miles away from the Sun right here on Earth, and you can easily get a sunburn in 20 minutes if you're not careful. Proper application of protective creams and lotions, like a SPF50 sunblock or wearing a shirt, can protect you from sunburn for several hours.

The better your protective clothing or equipment, the closer you could come to the Sun without being harmed. A properly shielded spacecraft could certainly come within 30 million miles of the Sun; the Mercury Messenger spacecraft has already done so. It may be possible to come within a million miles of the Sun or even closer, for at least a short while, without ill effects. The key would be to reflect 99.9% of the incoming radiation without absorbing any, and to have cooling devices able to re-radiate into space the radiation than you cannot reflect. We cannot do that yet - but 108 years ago, we couldn't even fly. Progress is astonishingly fast.

Answer 6

The earth is closest to the sun when it passes the point in its orbit called "perihelion".

That time is always some time in the first couple of days in January.

2010 . . . January 3

2011 . . . January 3

2012 . . . January 5

2013 . . . January 2

2014 . . . January 4

2015 . . . January 4

Answer 7

The Sun's distance from the Sun is zero. If you mean the distance from Sun to Earth, that is about 150,000,000 km. You might also say the distance is one AU (Astronomical Unit), since this distance is often used to compare other distances in the Solar System.

Answer 8

Seasons occur because the Earth is tilted on her axis, not because of the distance from the sun. When the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, it gets less sunlight, and the Southern Hemisphere is tilted towards the sun, so it gets more sunlight.

There are two times during the year when the northern and southern hemisphere get the same amount of light - during spring and fall.

Additional answer

Actually, the question isn't asking that. It's asking how does the Earth get close to the Sun, and the answer is that its orbit is not circular, so there are times when it is closer than others.

Answer 9

The Earth is about 93 million miles from the Sun. We're a little closer at perihelion on January 4, and a little further away at aphelion on July 2, but the difference isn't especially great; about 2%.

Answer 10

Like most questions relating to heat, the duration of the time spent by the sun is very important. Even the best heat shielding (such as the tiles used by NASA for reentry heat) are only rated for certain levels of heat and for certain amounts of time. The best way to research this question would be to look at satellites that have been sent to the planets closer to the Sun, such as Venus.

I would also point out that at the earths orbit if you were in space and did not wear a suit that your temperature would be above the boiling point. Yeah for that atmosphere huh?