2006-06-28 07:45:19 · 11 answers · asked by Gus 1 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
8 light minutes
2006-06-28 07:48:19 · answer #1 · answered by Kenny ♣ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is 93,000,000 miles away. Or, as the other people were trying to tell you, traveling at the speed of light it would take you eight minutes to get from the sun to the Earth.
2006-06-28 14:50:58 · answer #2 · answered by dax 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Distance From Sun: 93,000,000 Miles
2006-06-28 14:49:10 · answer #3 · answered by Paultech 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'n not exactly sure but it takes 8 minutes for the sun's light to reach Earth.
2006-06-28 14:48:52 · answer #4 · answered by Rach 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earth — Distance From Sun: 93,000,000 Miles (give or take a few inches)
2006-06-28 14:48:50 · answer #5 · answered by johnslat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By triangulation, and it is different depending on when you measure as the Earth's rotation around the Sun is not a precise circle.
2006-07-05 14:51:28 · answer #6 · answered by RAB in Venus TX 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's varies because the Earth's orbit about the Sun is elliptical. it can be between 91,402,000 miles up to 94,512,000 miles.So one would look for the average distance of the two I think.
2006-07-05 14:38:57 · answer #7 · answered by Nightstar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
93 million miles and change which is one astronomical unit (1 AU)
2006-07-05 14:30:54 · answer #8 · answered by bulldog5667 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 AU
149,597,870 (.691) kilometers
92,955,807 miles
8.317 light-minutes
499 light-seconds.
2006-06-28 15:33:21 · answer #9 · answered by fresh2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not as far as Antarctica. Can you see Antarctica from here?
2006-06-28 14:49:14 · answer #10 · answered by C Rudy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋