Speed of Light
The speed of light is 299, 792, 458 metres/second. The distance between the Sun and the Earth is 149, 730, 000, 000 metres. The time it takes light to travel from the Sun to Earth is 499.4 seconds, or 8.3 minutes.
The sun could stop shining and you would have plenty of time to enjoy a coffee, respond to an email, and/or tell someone exactly what they mean to you.
The sun could stop shining and you would have plenty of time to enjoy a coffee, respond to an email, and/or tell someone exactly what they mean to you.
posted at 7:55 PM
3 Comments:
Okay... we've had some physics, some math, and stats on starvation and population...
May I make a request? What about environmental stats? Garbage, water quality, pollution, # of species going extinct, etc...
Enjoying the blog, guys.
Thanks Josh. Those will be coming, we have much to explore.
I feel I should add that if the sun stopped shining you wouldn't have an 8.3 minute warning. You'd 'realize' it when you froze to death almost instantly. (it's about -200 degrees celsius in without sunlight)
Cheers
then how are we supposed to know when we should start telling people exactly what they mean to us (and enjoying that last cup of coffee for that matter)?
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