UNIVERSE
THE SUN
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Question
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about 8 minutes
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about 8 seconds
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about 8 hours
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about 8 days
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Detailed explanation-1: -Light travels at a speed of 300, 000 kms−1 and the distance between Earth and the sun is 150 million km. Thus it takes nearly 8 minutes for light from the sun to reach Earth.
Detailed explanation-2: -Light from the Sun takes 8 minutes to reach Earth.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Sun is at an average distance of about 93, 000, 000 miles (150 million kilometers) away from Earth. It is so far away that light from the Sun, traveling at a speed of 186, 000 miles (300, 000 kilometers) per second, takes about 8 minutes to reach us.
Detailed explanation-4: -On average, the Earth and Moon are about 150 million kilometres (or 93 million miles) from the Sun! That distance is so large that it takes light eight minutes to reach us (remember that light travels at 300, 000 kilometres per second).