Question

Light takes 8min 30s to travel from Sun to the Earth. The velocity of light is 3,00,000 kms1 . Find the distance of the Sun from the Earth.

Answer 1

Earth orbits the sun 100000 times closer than the earth cloud at an average of 149597871 kilometres the distance from Earth to the sun is called astronomical unit or you which is used to measure distance through out the solar system.

Answer 2

Answer:

Distance of the sun from the earth is 15,30,00,000 km.

Explanation:

Speed of the light = 3,00,000 km/s

Time = 8.5 minutes = 8.5 x 60 = 510 seconds.

Distance of the sun from the earth = ?

Distance = Speed x Time

Distance = 3,00,000 x 510

Distance = 15,30,00,000 km.

Therefore, If the speed of light is 3,00,000 km/s and light of the Sun takes 8.5 minutes to reach the surface of the Earth, the distance of the sun from the earth is 15,30,00,000 km.