Question

In how many minutes does light from the sun reach mars?

Answer 1

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Answer:

It takes 12 minutes for sunlight to reach Mars from the sun.

Explanation:

First of all the atmosphere of Mars is much thinner than of the Earth even than it takes 12 minutes to travel to mars.

Sunlight's speed is really really fast as compared to anything else in this universe, that's why it takes just 12 minutes to reach Mars.

Notice that Distance of Earth and Sun is 150million km and light takes 8 minutes.

And distance of Mars and sun is 228million km approx and it takes 12 minutes.

The core of Mars is made of fe (iron) due to the presence of H2O on mars, surface of Mars reacts and is corroded. That's why it's colour is red.