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  • 14-04-2015
  • Biology
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how long will it take light moving at 300,000 km/s to reach us from the sun? The sun is 15,000,000 km from earth.

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AL2006
AL2006 AL2006
  • 14-04-2015

If the sun were only 15,000,000 km from Earth, then it would take light
only 50 seconds to reach Earth from the sun.  But it's not.  You dropped
a zero.

The sun is roughly 150,000,000 kilometers from Earth, and light takes
about 500 seconds (8.3 minutes) to make the trip.


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