2006-09-17 07:20:33 · 9 answers · asked by john b 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
8 minutes and 20 seconds
Actually it's between 8 minutes, 11 seconds and 8 minutes, 29 seconds...depending on where we are in our orbit. On January 4th, we're closest to the sun so it would take 8:11, and on July 4th we're farthest from the sun so it would take 8:29, but on average it's 8:20
2006-09-17 07:22:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Distance of the Earth from the Sun - 149 600 000 km
Speed of light - 299 792.46 km/s
Dividing the distance by the speed, you get the result of 499 seconds. Which is 8 minutes 19 seconds 200 milliseconds.
And that is the time it would take us to notice our sun had gone dark.
2006-09-17 22:07:21 · answer #2 · answered by Jonathen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I remember correctly it takes 7 minutes for light to travel from the sun to earth. So 7 minutes.
2006-09-17 14:32:33 · answer #3 · answered by tod 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8 minutes
2006-09-17 16:28:01 · answer #4 · answered by Moose 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right around 8 minutes.
2006-09-17 14:31:55 · answer #5 · answered by bruinfan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It takes 8 minutes for the suns rays to get to earth.
Just long enough to kiss your *** goodbye
2006-09-17 14:22:50 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Light travels at over 600 million miles an hour, we'd know with minutes if not seconds.
2006-09-17 14:22:05 · answer #7 · answered by c.arsenault 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
YES , only 8 minutes.
2006-09-17 14:31:27 · answer #8 · answered by LoveMyLife 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Approximately 8 minutes.
Speed of light approx. 186,000 miles per second
2006-09-17 14:22:18 · answer #9 · answered by zavarob 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋