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How long does it take the light from the Sun to get to Jupiter?
about 43 minutes
The Planets We see a planet like Jupiter because its light—which like the other planets and the Moon originates on the Sun—takes about 43 minutes to reach Jupiter.
How far is Jupiter from the Sun right now?
From an average distance of 484 million miles (778 million kilometers), Jupiter is 5.2 astronomical units away from the Sun.
How long does it take for light to travel from the Sun to Saturn?
1.418 hours
Saturn orbits the sun at a distance of 1.532 billion kilometer and the light travels at a speed of $3\times {{10}^{8}}m{{s}^{-1}}$. Dividing the two quantities as speed is equal to distance divided by time. Therefore, light approximately takes 1.418 hours or 85.08 minutes to reach Saturn.
How long does it take light from the sun to reach each planet?
How long does it take for the sunlight to reach earth and other planets?
| Planets | Distance from Sun | Time taken for the sunlight to reach |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mercury | 57.91 Million Km | 3.2 Minutes |
| 2. Venus | 108. 2 Million Km | 6 Minutes |
| 3. Earth | 149.6 Million Km | 8.3 Minutes |
| 4. Mars | 227.9 Million Km | 12.6 Minutes |
What is the distance across our solar system in light years?
1 ly = 62900 AU, nearly. It is discoveries galore in this 21st century.
How long does it take light to travel from the Sun to each planet?
How long does it take light to travel from the Sun to Earth in seconds?
499.0 seconds
Light travels at a speed of 299,792 kilometers per second; 186,287 miles per second. It takes 499.0 seconds for light to travel from the Sun to the Earth, a distance called 1 Astronomical Unit.
How long is a minute on Jupiter?
On the gas giant planet Jupiter, the equatorial region of the cloud belts rotates at a rate of nine hours and 56 minutes, while the poles rotate quite a bit faster, at nine hours and 50 minutes.