2007-01-21 10:40:30 · 5 answers · asked by ivorytowerboy 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
same amount of time as light from the sun does...about 8.5 minutes...x-rays travel at the speed of light as well...and to further on the above answer...its about 200,000 years for light to get from the core of the Sun to the surface owing to the density. remember the speed of light that we usually use, c, is the speed of light in a vacuum. In another medium, like a star, the solar density is so great that light is slowed to a fraction of its normal speed.
2007-01-21 11:10:54 · answer #1 · answered by Beach_Bum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8 1/2 minutes for a solar ray to go from the surface of the sun to earth which is one astronomical unit = 93 million miles.
2007-01-21 14:34:04 · answer #2 · answered by Cat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
electromagnetic radiation, (xrays, Gamma rays, Visible light, etc), all travels at a constant speed which is 3.00 x 10^8 meters. or approx 186,000 miles/second. so therefore it would take approx 8 minutes 20 seconds for the solar x-rays to reach earth.
2007-01-21 11:37:12 · answer #3 · answered by mcdonaldcj 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends. From the core of the sun they can take thousands of years. Once at the surface they take just over 8 minutes to get here.
2007-01-21 11:09:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends were the x-rays originate
2007-01-21 12:01:14 · answer #5 · answered by osinamunatum 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋