2006-10-15 13:28:01 · 4 answers · asked by bri 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The wavelength of the light is irrelevant in this case since I assume we can presume the light is traveling in a vacuum.
1 AU is 149,598,000,000 meters,
6.01 AU = 899,083,980,000 meters.
The speed of light in a vacuum is exactly 299,792,458 m/s.
speed = distance / time
time = distance / speed
time = 899,083,980,000 meters / 299,792,458 m/s
time = 2999.02 seconds
time = 49.98 minutes
2006-10-15 13:36:30 · answer #1 · answered by mrjeffy321 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 AU = (1.4960 X 10^11) m
and light travel at (2.9979 X 10^8) m/s no matter what the wavelength of the light is
so the time is equal to distance divided speed.
2006-10-15 20:40:10 · answer #2 · answered by phenix2125 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6.01 AU = .000095 light years
Light will move from A to B in .000095 years (364.999905 days)
Wavelength of the light has nothing to do with travel time.
2006-10-15 20:42:20 · answer #3 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-10-15 20:35:22 · answer #4 · answered by SeveralTimesWrong 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋