2007-08-19 05:40:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Light takes 8.31 minutes to reach earth. A light year is a measure of distance, not time. 1 Light year equals to 5.8x10^12 miles. The maximum distance from earth to the sun is 9.4x10^7 miles.
So you're friend is wrong
2007-08-19 06:23:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. ur friend is wrong. It takes exactly 8 min. for light to reach the Earth from the Sun. And that isn't a light year. Now the Sun is 1 Astronomical Unit from the Earth.
2007-08-19 14:27:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Your
friend is wrong.
LIGHT FROM THE SUN TAKES ABOUT 8 MINUTES TO REACH THE EARTH.
The Sun is (on average) 93 Million Miles from the Earth, not a light year.
Astronomers call that distance one Astronomical Unit (AU) and use it to compare various distances in the Universe. They refer to this or that being 200 AU distant.
2007-08-19 23:00:30 · answer #3 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Earth is, on average, 150 million km from the Sun. Light travels at 300,000 km per second. It takes light from the Sun about 500 seconds -- just over 8 minutes -- to reach Earth.
You friend is wrong.
2007-08-19 13:14:02 · answer #4 · answered by stork5100 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Your friend is confusing the two units used to measure distance in astronomy. A light year is the distance light travels in a year; an astronomical unit is the average distance between the Earth and the Sun. Astronomical units are usually used for measurements within the solar system; light years are used for interstellar distances.
2007-08-19 13:24:02 · answer #5 · answered by GeoffG 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Tell your friend that those in the know said he is a goof-bunny. The earth is a tiny fraction of a light year from the sun.
A light year is about 65,000 times as far as the distance to the sun.
2007-08-19 15:42:09 · answer #6 · answered by aviophage 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The sun is 93 million miles from us, on average, more or less. One light year is 6 trillion miles.
2007-08-19 13:16:48 · answer #7 · answered by Kaori 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No, he is wrong. The Sun is about 8.3 light minutes from Earth.
2007-08-19 14:35:44 · answer #8 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
your friend is wrong the sun is just over 8 light minutes from earth that means that it is only about 92,955,887.6 miles miles from earth or 1AU.
2007-08-19 14:03:33 · answer #9 · answered by Mr. Smith 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋