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Roughly how long does it take for the sun's light to reach Earth - 8 minutes, 8 hours or 8 days?
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Roughly how long does it take for the sun's light to reach Earth - 8 minutes, 8 hours or 8 days?

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it takes it 8 days for the light to travel
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Answer:

8 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

Light travels at a speed of 299,792

kilometers per second; 186,287 miles

per second. It takes 499.0 second

for light to travel from the Sun to the

Earth, a distance celled 1 Astronomical

Unit.

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