2007-09-15 20:29:45 · 12 answers · asked by WA R 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
no, but it does go fast. from the sun to the earth, light takes 8.5 minutes, solar wind takes 1 or 2 days, and our fastest rockets would take years
2007-09-15 20:39:14 · answer #1 · answered by brandon 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No it's much slower. On a a TV show this week they mentioned that the solar wind travels at speeds "approaching one million miles per hour" The Speed of light is closer to 67 million miles per hour.
2007-09-15 20:54:46 · answer #2 · answered by ericbryce2 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the solar wind consists of particles being ejected by the sun in a stream of coronal gases and the speed averages at around 400 km per second but can reach speeds of 700 km per second while the speed of light travels at 3.0 x 10^8 m/s
2007-09-15 20:40:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, don't get it confused with the word "solar" it wind not light remember it like that.
2007-09-15 20:37:24 · answer #4 · answered by Your little helper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the solar wind consists of subatomic particles. I think they take 2 or 3 days to get here.
2007-09-15 20:35:56 · answer #5 · answered by Pete WG 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, wind cannot travel as light
2007-09-15 20:36:10 · answer #6 · answered by d_mukherjee_2000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
image voltaic sails perform utilising easy rigidity, no longer the rigidity of the great debris of the image voltaic wind. Or, extra specifically, you get much extra thrust from easy rigidity than you are able to from the image voltaic wind. With a density of roughly 4 debris consistent with cubic centimeter, there is quite no longer lots cloth interior the image voltaic wind, and its means to enhance up gadgets is particularly undesirable.
2016-10-09 06:40:10 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A definite no on that one. If they did then the earth would be effected in a big way.
2007-09-15 20:44:17 · answer #8 · answered by ANF 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no. the particles are inhibited by others, and doesn't have the ability to travel freely toward us
2007-09-15 20:44:05 · answer #9 · answered by Mercury 2010 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but it can still go pretty fast
2007-09-15 20:57:17 · answer #10 · answered by Richard_CA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋