2006-08-03 07:36:20 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
On average 149.6 million kilometres (92.95 million miles). This is referred to by astronomers as 1 Astronomical Unit (AU). It takes light (travelling at 300 000 kilometres per second / 186 000 miles per second) 8.31 minutes on average to reach Earth from the sun.
Earth follows an elliptical orbit around the sun, so its distance may be anything between 147 and 152 million kilometres (91.3-94.5 million miles) depending on the time of year.
To put this distance into an entirely stupid context, if you could drive there at a steady 60 miles per hour it would take you over 176 years to get there.
2006-08-03 07:39:15 · answer #1 · answered by Grimread 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Light takes 8 minutes 20 seconds to reach the Earth from the Sun
2006-08-03 07:44:55 · answer #2 · answered by noname 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
93 million miles, I thought everybody knew that, P.s light from the sun takes about eight minutes to get here.
2006-08-03 07:42:42 · answer #3 · answered by ♣ My Brainhurts ♣ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 astronomical unit
2006-08-03 07:39:17 · answer #4 · answered by girly girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi!
Mean distance from
Earth 149.6×106 km
(92.95×106 mi)
(8.31 minutes at the speed of light)
2006-08-03 07:45:11 · answer #5 · answered by Glittering angel 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
94.86 million miles.
Light travels at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second and takes 8.5 minutes to get to us.
2006-08-03 07:42:12 · answer #6 · answered by castrol75 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
light mile or 2
2006-08-03 07:39:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not far, i can see it shining during the day to light my day!
2006-08-03 10:13:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
why does it worry you,93 million
2006-08-06 14:15:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mine is on the coffe table, still open on the crossword..
2006-08-03 07:41:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋