I just entered level 3 on YAHOO!ANSWERS. Hooray. So lets celbrate with a trivia question. First one to get it right will get 10 easy points.
How long does it take for light from the sun to reach Earth?
2007-02-04 10:07:44 · 8 answers · asked by Average Joe 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
The distance from the Earth to the Sun varies because the Earth's orbit about the Sun is elliptical.At it's closest, the distance is 91,402,000 miles and it's farthest distance it is 94,512,000 miles.This gives an average distance of 92,957,000 miles. Light travels at 186,282 miles per second. Dividing the average distance by the speed of light gives 499.01225 seconds which is 8.3168708 minutes.
2007-02-04 10:12:28 · answer #1 · answered by Sabina 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The sun's light takes about 8 minutes to reach the Earth after it has been emitted from the sun's surface. The time it takes for light to reach planets in our Solar System (not the Milky Way, which is our galaxy) varies from about 3 minutes for Mercury, to about 5.3 hours for Pluto. There is nothing out in space to prevent the sun's light from going infinitely far, in principle. In practice, the sun is only 4.5 billion years old, so its light can only extend 4.5 billion light years away from us right now. But there's nothing to stop that light from expanding outwards forever, as time goes on. The sun's radius is about 100 times that of the Earth, meaning that about 1.12 million Earths could fit inside it, as could about 930 Jupiters.
2007-02-04 18:16:33 · answer #2 · answered by bugaboobla 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Congratulations, as I understand this, it takes approximately 8 minutes for light to get from the sun to the Earth.
2007-02-04 18:12:30 · answer #3 · answered by cajunrescuemedic 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it appears it's 8 minutes. deposit the 10 easy points into the slot on my back, that's what it's there for. Thank you.
2007-02-04 21:52:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's about eight and a half. Congrats I know how hard it is to finally get there.
2007-02-04 18:53:53 · answer #5 · answered by Extra Blue Note 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this the best you can do 8 min
2007-02-04 18:44:37 · answer #6 · answered by YouCannotKnowUnlessUAsk 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
that's a hard question! i have no idea. but congrats on level 3!!!!!!!
2007-02-04 23:36:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
who cares it's already here.
2007-02-04 23:32:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋