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How long does it take light to travel from the sun to the earth? email this discussion to a friend?

myLot reputation of 89/100. cool_viji (5662)3 years ago

How long does it take light to travel from the sun to the earth?

 
 
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shalwani (660) response was accepted on 2/21/2007.
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1. myLot reputation of 90/100. pizzoli (1933)   3 years ago

i think is more time than what i travel to go to work everyday.....

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2. myLot reputation of 93/100. superbren (790)   3 years ago

it takes eight minutes . i asked my dad who is a keen astronomy fan . he gave me thre reason but i cant remember it all so i wont try.there is nothing my father doesnt know about astronomy.

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3. myLot reputation of 88/100. mariner68 (1154)   3 years ago

it takes about 8 minutes to reach earth.


myLot reputation of 89/100. cool_viji (5662)  3 years ago

Thank you all for your responses.

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4. myLot reputation of 74/100. dhigambaram (967)   3 years ago

It takes 8 min .....

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5. myLot reputation of 76/100. shalwani (660)   3 years ago

A process called fusion heats the Sun. Fusion happens in the core of the Sun. It is very hot there. In fact, the core's average temperature is around 27,000,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The surface of the Sun is cool compared with the core, only 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
This fusion process not only heats the Sun, it makes the sunlight we see here on Earth. This sunlight travels the speed of light which is 186,282 miles per second or 299,792,458 meters per second. This means the light from the Sun takes 8.4 minutes to travel 93 million miles to Earth. If the world's fastest land animal were to travel that same distance, it would take a cheetah over 151 years to reach the Earth running about 70 mph nonstop!

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