2007-02-03 02:14:13 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Roughly 500 seconds or 8.33 minutes
Earth is roughly 93 million miles from the sun
light travels at 186 thousand miles per second
The light you are seeing here on earth left old Sol
about 8 minutes and 20 seconds ago.
2007-02-03 02:25:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
About 8 mins.
If we were then lit by the nearest star to us it would be Alpha Centauri. Light from this star takes over four years to reach us. Not that it would do us any good as we would be a frozen dead planet if our sun was 'turned off'.
The Sun's current age, determined using computer models of stellar evolution and nucleocosmochronology, is thought to be about 4.57 billion years.
However, the Sun is about halfway through its main-sequence evolution, during which nuclear fusion reactions in its core fuse hydrogen into helium. Each second, more than 4 million tonnes of matter are converted into energy within the Sun's core, producing neutrinos and solar radiation. The Sun will spend a total of approximately 10 billion years as a main sequence star so fear not.... nothing will happen in our lifetime...
Mega
2007-02-03 02:21:22 · answer #2 · answered by megastiff 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Just about 9 mintues - the length of time it takes for light to travel from the sun to the earth.
2007-02-03 02:21:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
8 minutes
2007-02-03 02:23:10 · answer #4 · answered by ⇐DâV£ MaΧiMiÅnO⇒ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8 minutes
2007-02-03 02:21:05 · answer #5 · answered by Kicks Galore! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8 mins at the speed of light
2007-02-03 02:23:12 · answer #6 · answered by Kitt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eight minutes - that's the time light takes to get here.
2007-02-03 02:27:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
about eight minutes
2007-02-03 05:38:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I never knew that......... the things you learn on this site!!
2007-02-03 02:24:01 · answer #9 · answered by boomedly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋