Question

Q. The sun's light takes 8 minutes 20 seconds to reach the earth after it has been emitted from the sun surface the time it takes to reach the planets in our solar system where is on the basis of distance of the planets from the sun convert the time taken by sunlight to reach the earth in seconds.​

Answer 1

Answer:

8 min have 480 sec

so, 480+20

=500

Answer 2

Answer: Time for sunlight to reach Earth

It takes 499.0 seconds for light to travel from the Sun to the Earth, a distance called 1 Astronomical Unit.

Explanation:

This sounds like a strange question, but think about it. 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.