2007-08-16 15:44:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It takes 8.3215789 minutes to travel to Earth on an average scale.
2007-08-16 16:15:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since light travels as a radial from the Sun it reaches the Earth at different angles. Hence Each ray of light flux does not Theoretically reach the Earth at the same time.
2007-08-16 23:04:45 · answer #2 · answered by goring 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A little over 8 minutes
2007-08-16 22:50:36 · answer #3 · answered by Demiurge42 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
about 8.5 minutes. The sun is roughly 93 million miles away. The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second. If you calculate 93,000,000miles ÷ 186,000mi/sec ÷ 60sec = 8.3333333 minutes.
I hope this helps. Good luck.
2007-08-17 00:52:49 · answer #4 · answered by ngc7331 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
From the surface of the sun to the surface of Earth, 8.31 minutes.
2007-08-16 22:58:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
about 8 minutes.
2007-08-17 01:36:57 · answer #6 · answered by Faology 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
500 seconds or 8min 20 seconds on average
2007-08-16 22:50:42 · answer #7 · answered by justask23 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
500 secs
2007-08-16 23:40:52 · answer #8 · answered by ftm821 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋