UNIVERSE
THE SUN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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It takes light ____ to get from the sun to the Earth.
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one light year
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eight minutes
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ten seconds
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24 hours
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Sunlight travels at the speed of light. Photons emitted from the surface of the Sun need to travel across the vacuum of space to reach our eyes. The short answer is that it takes sunlight an average of 8 minutes and 20 seconds to travel from the Sun to the Earth.
Detailed explanation-2: -It takes time 8 min for light to reach from the sun to the earth surface.
Detailed explanation-3: -Light from the Sun takes 8 minutes to reach Earth.
Detailed explanation-4: -At this distance, it takes about 8 minutes for sunlight to reach us – even when it is travelling at about 300 000 km/s. This means that we see the Sun set eight minutes after the event has actually taken place!
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