2007-02-23 00:23:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Photon from the centre?
I thought they came from the Photosphere, at the surface. This layer if the sun is heated and gives of light as well as other forms or radiant energy.
2007-02-23 00:37:04 · answer #1 · answered by sparbles 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
It takes a photon that is created in the fusion core of the Sun about 15 million years to reach the surface! That's how dense the material is, and gives you an idea of how ferocious the reactions taking place are.
2007-02-23 00:59:41 · answer #2 · answered by stargazergurl22 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Estimates of the "photon travel time" range from as much as 50 million years to as little as 17,000 years.
2007-02-23 00:55:13 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
well you have a good variety of answers.
It is pretty well speculation but it is probably some where less than 1000 years
2007-02-23 09:28:16 · answer #4 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They bounce back and forth, but, on average, around a million years. The neutrinos go straight through, however.
2007-02-23 00:33:47 · answer #5 · answered by CLICKHEREx 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I've seen estimates of between 750,000 and a million years.
2007-02-23 00:39:12 · answer #6 · answered by Gene 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
1000 years
2007-02-23 01:05:11 · answer #7 · answered by Dr Umesh Bilagi 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋