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If it takes light 26,000 years to travel from the Sun to the center of the Milky Way galaxy, how far is the Sun from the center of the Milky Way?

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since the light travels in the vacuum then its velocity will be C=3*10^8 m/sec.....then you will convert it to secs=28000*365*24*60*60=8.83008*10^11
then v=s/t then s=v*t=(3*10^8)(8.83008*10^11)=2.649024*10^20 meters
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If it takes light 26,000 years to travel from the Sun to the center of the Milky Way galaxy, how far is the Sun from the center of the Milky Way?

26.000 light years

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