How long does it take for light to travel between the sun and the outer kuiper belt?

Answer 1

This would depend on how fast you were travelling. The inner edge of the Kuiper Belt is about 30AU (4,487,940,000 km) from the sun, and 29AU (4,338,342,000 km) from Earth.

If you were travelling the speed of light (300,000,000m/s), it would take you 4 hours, 1 minute, and 1 second.

If you were travelling the speed of sound (340.29m/s), it would take you 403 years, 11 months, 29 days, 22 hours, 7 minutes, and 19 seconds.

If you were to travel the same speed as Apollo 10 (39,896km/h, or 11,082m/s), it would take you 12 years, 4 months, 26 days, 5 hours, 18 minutes, and 32 seconds.

Answer 2

The Kuiper belt is approximately 55 AU from the Sun (It obviously varies as it does not have a hard definable edge)

Light would take just over 7.5 hours to get there.

55 Astronomical Units = 7.62369079 light hours

Answer 3

The Kuiper Belt is so far from the Sun that the idea of "day" has no meaning there. The Sun is merely the brightest star.

Answer 4

Approximately 5 hours and 41 minutes, but depending which part of the Kuiper Belt, between 4.07 hours and 7.25 hours.

Answer 5

Depending on the distance from the Sun, a "year" may be anywhere from several centuries to thousands of years. The further you are from the Sun, the longer the orbits take.

Answer 6

It takes about 5.5 hours for light to travel from the Sun to the outer Kuiper Belt, which is located about 30 to 50 astronomical units away from the Sun.