2007-02-03 01:46:35 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It varies between 8 and 10 minutes because our orbit is an ellipse not a circle.
2007-02-03 01:53:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
About eight minutes is "close enough for government work," but if you REALLY want to KNOW, the relevant facts are that the speed of light is almost exactly 186,000 miles per second, and the average distance of the earth from the sun--longer axis slightly more, shorter axis slightly less--is 93,000,000 miles. Simple arithmetic tells us that the travel time of light from the sun to the earth is therefore 500 sec., give or take a little, depending on the precise position of Earth on its orbital path--500 seconds working out to 8 min. 20 sec., + or - that little bit.
2007-02-03 09:54:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
8 Minutes 33 Seconds
2007-02-04 14:57:34 · answer #3 · answered by manc1999 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8 Minutes,
2007-02-03 12:34:57 · answer #4 · answered by CLIVE C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second and the sun is approximately 93 million miles away from the Earth ... to answer your question, it takes light eight minutes to reach us.
2007-02-03 13:08:26 · answer #5 · answered by elflaeda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8 minutes
2007-02-03 19:46:10 · answer #6 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun is approximately 93,000,000 miles from earth.
Light travels at approximately 186,000 miles per second.
Time taken, therefore, is 93,000,000/186,000 seconds.
That is about 500 seconds or 8 minutes 20 seconds.
2007-02-04 10:38:01 · answer #7 · answered by lester_day 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
7 minutes
2007-02-03 09:58:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What the hell they do not know what the hell they are talking about the light takes approximately 8 days to reach the earths atmosphere because light travels around 100,000,000,000 lightyears per sec and we are 93,000,000 million miles away from the sun so we have 93,000,000 million mile to get 100,000,000,000 light years per (second not minute) so that takes about 8 days ok
2007-02-03 10:00:23 · answer #9 · answered by James T 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
8 minutes approximately
2007-02-03 10:43:10 · answer #10 · answered by ⇐DâV£ MaΧiMiÅnO⇒ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋