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The distance to Ceres varies depending on the relative positions of Earth and Ceres in our orbits. As of April 25, 2010, at 3:07 PM PDT, Ceres is at a distance of 2.158218 AU, where each AU is about 500 light-seconds. (One AU is the average distance between the Sun and the Earth.)
So Ceres is currently 1079 light-seconds away.
The orbit of Ceres around the Sun is an ellipse with aphelion of 2.98 AU and perihelion of 2.55 AU. When the Earth is on one side of the Sun and Ceres is on the other, our distance apart is about 3.98 AU, and when Ceres and the Earth are closest together, we are only about 1.55 AU distant.
You can download the free open-source planetarium program Stellarium to see a representation of the sky and calculate the distance to any astronomical object in its database. And if you can see it, it's in there!
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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.
How long does it take light to travel from earth to Neptune?
Neptune has an average distance from the Sun of 2.8 billion miles and the earth is 0.09 billion miles from the sun so it is 2.71 billion miles from the earth. Light travels at 186,000 miles per second. So 2.71 x 109 divided by 186,000 = 14570 seconds = 4.05 hours = 4.62 x 10-4 years.
For the moon to travel at the speed of light how long would it take to orbit the earth?
It takes about 1.28 seconds for light to travel from the moon to Earth. So if the moon were to travel at the speed of light, it would complete an orbit around the Earth in approximately 1.28 seconds.
How long would it take to get from Earth to Ceres?
How long would it take a human currently on Earth to reach Ceres? Currently, we have no capability to even go back to the Moon, let alone any farther. A reasonable estimate would be 25 years from the time somebody decides to go back into space beyond Low Earth Orbit. The trip itself would take about 2.5 years, depending on the type of propulsion and the urgency of the mission.The NASA space probe Dawn was launched in 2007 to study both Ceres and Vesta. Using very low-powered ion engines, Dawn arrived near Vesta in 2011, spent nearly 2 years orbiting Vesta, and arrived in Ceres orbit in early 2015.
Which planet has the shorter travel time in light-years from Earth Jupiter or Venus?
Venus is about 2.32 light minutes from Earth, Jupiter is about 35 light minutes from Earth.
What million killometer will be traveled by the light from sun to earth?
The distance light must travel is the distance from Sun to Earth - about 150 million km.
How much time would pass on Earth if I traveled at the speed of light for a year?
If you were to travel at the speed of light for a year, no time would pass for you, but approximately one year would pass on Earth.
Is there light on Ceres?
Yes. There is sunlight on Ceres.
What is the farthest light has traveled?
The farthest light has traveled is 13.8 billion light years from Earth, which is the observable edge of the observable universe.
Light to travel from sun to earth?
It takes approximatly 7minutes to travel from sun to earth the sun light.
What are the waves that travel from the sun to earth?
Light waves travel from sun to the earth.
How did early astronauts travel the speed of light?
Nobody has ever traveled at the speed of light, and I can promise you that nobody ever will.
Did Einstein traveled the time?
yes because in youtube it shows that someone or something can travel in the speed of light which is time travel
How many time does light travel around the earth in one second?
light can travel around earth about seven times
What does light travel as to get from the sun to earth?
As light, of course.
How long does light from the sun to travel to earth?
Light take approximately 8 minute 20 seconds to travel from the sun to the earth.
How many seconds would it take to travel to the sun if you traveled at the speed of light when the radius of the earth is 6371 km equals 3960 mi?
The distance from the Earth to the Sun is approximately 93 million miles (about 150 million kilometers). At the speed of light, it would take light 500 seconds to travel this distance. This is because light travels at a speed of about 186,282 miles per second or 299,792 kilometers per second.
