2007-01-29 03:59:56 · 7 answers · asked by its me 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Always thought it took sunight about eight minutes to get here from the sun?
2007-01-29 04:07:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It takes approximately eight minutes from the time the light leaves the surface of the sun to reach Earth.
2007-01-29 12:23:45 · answer #2 · answered by some_guy_times_50 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Recall that the speed of light is 186,252 miles per second and the sun is 93 million miles from earth. Regardless of atmospheric condition or earth rotational aspects, these physics remain the same to be plugged into your equation.
2007-01-29 12:21:07 · answer #3 · answered by photogbob2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8 minutes
2007-02-02 10:05:45 · answer #4 · answered by Tikimaskedman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
|--: Earth is 93,000,000 miles from the Sun.
|--: Light travels 186,000 miles per second.
|--: 93,000/186 = 500 seconds.
So that's the answer: between 8 and 8½ minutes.
2007-01-29 12:28:05 · answer #5 · answered by Joe S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun is about 150 million km from Earth and light travels at 300,000 km/sec.
150,000,000 km / 300,000 km/sec * 1 min/60 sec = 8.3 minutes
2007-01-29 12:23:31 · answer #6 · answered by gebobs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on whether it was day or night. During the day almost immediately. At night in a couple of hours we would all be dead from the cold.
2007-01-29 12:08:07 · answer #7 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋