2006-12-30 04:48:06 · 10 answers · asked by dededege 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
About 8 light minutes and 20 light seconds. So I reckon the sun is 0.000015854 lightyears away.
2006-12-30 04:49:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't know about lightyears, but the sun is about 93 million miles away from Earth.
2006-12-30 08:25:17 · answer #2 · answered by karatechamp2007 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The distance between the earth and the sun is not constant. The earth's
orbit around the sun is nearly circular, but not perfectly so. The earth
is actually closest to the Sun in the northern hemisphere winter. I'm not
certain of the time of closest approach, though.
On average, the distance between the earth and the sun is 93 million miles.
This is not anywhere near a light-year. It is more like 8.3 light-minutes.
2006-12-30 06:33:24 · answer #3 · answered by tmrtomer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun is about 8 minutes away from the earth. that is, it takes 8 minutes for the light from the sun to reach the earth. in terms of light years it is:
1.5210607 × 10-5
2006-12-30 04:54:59 · answer #4 · answered by mrcool101 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun is approximately eight light-minutes from the earth
2006-12-30 04:50:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
93 million mile
186,000 miles/sec
You do the arithmetic!
(Distance is about 8.5 light-minutes, so you going to get a really small number in units of lightyears)
2006-12-30 04:53:39 · answer #6 · answered by modulo_function 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
About 500 light seconds away, which is about 0.000015837 light years away.
2006-12-30 10:08:05 · answer #7 · answered by I don't think so 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8 light minutes is about right. That is 0.000015 light years. Pretty close, huh?
2006-12-30 04:53:42 · answer #8 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a light year is too big to measure that
It is 1 AU=93,000,000 miles
2006-12-31 04:36:32 · answer #9 · answered by lostonthevoid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's 8.6 light years away...I think lol
2006-12-30 04:54:10 · answer #10 · answered by AD 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋