2007-04-09 04:08:48 · 18 answers · asked by kamaleshkumar 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
The time taken by sun light to reach earth is approximately 8 minutes.
Speed of light is 3,00,000 km/sec.
So distance = 3,00,000 × 60 × 8 = 14,40,00,000 km. approximately.
2007-04-09 04:19:15 · answer #1 · answered by Pranil 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The distance between the earth and the sun is 93,000,000 miles.
The time it takes light to travel this distance is 93,000,000
miles/186,000 miles/sec or 500 seconds. Hence the time is 500sec/60 or
8.333 minutes. What fraction of a year is 8.333 minutes, well that is
8.333/(60x24x365) = or 0.00001585 light years.
You can express the distance either way, but in this case 93 million
miles makes more sense.
2007-04-12 13:48:23 · answer #2 · answered by manzar 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the distance between the sun and the earth is 3*10^345666 power in scientific notation
2007-04-09 11:14:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 93,000,000 miles. It varies depending on Earth's position in its orbit.
Light takes about 8 minutes to travel From the Sun to Earth.
2007-04-09 11:23:44 · answer #4 · answered by Philip H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One astronomical unit is the average distance between the sun and earth.It's value is 149,597,890 km(about 93 million miles).
2007-04-12 11:09:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earth is 93,000,000 miles or 0.00001585 light years away from Sun...
2007-04-11 13:34:58 · answer #6 · answered by Ganesh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
149 billion km = 1 astronmical unit
2007-04-10 02:50:43 · answer #7 · answered by HHH 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
100 million miles
2007-04-09 11:17:34 · answer #8 · answered by dictator_cool 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
93 million miles
2007-04-10 08:12:59 · answer #9 · answered by shilpi s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as we know the speed of light is 186,000 miles/second and it takes 8.5 minutes to reach on earth.
so the distance is
186,000*8.5*60 miles
50220000 miles
2007-04-10 03:20:58 · answer #10 · answered by chandan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋