2006-08-18 03:30:06 · 5 answers · asked by sri azni 1 in Environment
Estimates of the "photon travel time" vary, ranging from 17,000 years to 50 million years.
2006-08-18 03:40:55 · answer #1 · answered by NotEasilyFooled 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it takes about 2 min 12 seconds to reach the photosphere and to reach the atmosphere it takes around 3 min 30 seconds
2006-08-18 03:45:32 · answer #2 · answered by sidd champ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The photosphere is hotter than the surface of the sun. Sunspots are darker and they are holes in the photosphere allowing us to see the "surface" of the sun.
The sun shines because of thermonuclear fusion heat conducted to the surface is obviously incomplete.
2006-08-18 08:53:33 · answer #3 · answered by Kirk M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no person is conscious. i extremely ask your self why anybody is calling this question those days. Its so idiotic anybody nevertheless ask this question. "no person is conscious! -in all likelihood countless million years." "in all likelihood greater advantageous than a million years." "modern-day estimates selection from 17,000 years to 50 million years." "The potential generated interior the solar's center takes approximately 30,000 years to realize the photosphere's floor, the place this is as a rule emitted as mild and infrared (warmth) radiation."
2016-12-14 07:43:53 · answer #4 · answered by pynes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it takes about 8 minutes for the heat at the sun's surface to radiate at the speed of light and reach earth
since the heat of the sun is not generated at one specific point, the time for heat conduction and plasma convection towards the surface will differ
2006-08-18 03:40:39 · answer #5 · answered by enginerd 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋