2006-06-19 00:34:01 · 19 answers · asked by Forever Charmed 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
the speed of light as we know it is based on the structure of the space around us but may actually vary in different parts of the universe. the age of our sun and the processes that it goes through determine the make-up of our region of space.
other star systems at varying levels of development and size convert elements into heavier elements. heavy elements are unstable to us and decay but may be the norm around other systems, especially the ones that have gone nova and seed the space around it with this exotic material which eventually forms new stellar and planetary systems.
read the link below and you will see that light is manipulated when it goes through exotic materials. therefore the speed of light is determined by our placement in the universe and how light reacts as it crosses the spacial material from it's source to our eyes.
2006-06-19 06:32:17 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Scientists have defined the speed of light in a vacuum to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second (about 186,000 miles per second)
This definition is possible because since 1983, scientists have known the distance light travels in one second more accurately than the definition of the standard meter. Therefore, in 1983, scientists defined the meter as 1/299,792,458, the distance light travels through a vacuum in one second
2006-06-19 07:40:27 · answer #2 · answered by Great Advisor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The accepted speed (and not being into metrics) 186,282.3959 within a couple of feet or so. (sky publishing corp many years ago.) According to same source just within the recent couple years, science has been able to measure a light beam leaving a chamber before the beam fully entered the chamber.
2006-06-20 00:56:21 · answer #3 · answered by orion_1812@yahoo.com 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3 X ( 10 to the power 8 m/s )
2006-06-19 07:39:52 · answer #4 · answered by ashu2015 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3 times 10 to the tenth power
2006-06-19 07:38:46 · answer #5 · answered by Nathan P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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186,000 miles/second
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2006-06-19 07:49:01 · answer #6 · answered by gondarite 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 1.799 times l0 to the 13th furlongs per
fortnight. (In a vacuum)
2006-06-19 15:34:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
186,000 miles per second or 300,000,000 meter per second. Just depends on which system you choose to work with.
2006-06-19 08:29:31 · answer #8 · answered by Shadar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1037 km per hour
2006-06-19 07:37:05 · answer #9 · answered by zorro 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's about 8 min. from sun to earth.
2006-06-25 17:02:55 · answer #10 · answered by grayrussiaboy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋