Horizons: Exploring the Universe (MindTap Course List)
14th Edition
ISBN: 9781305960961
Author: Michael A. Seeds, Dana Backman
Publisher: Cengage Learning
expand_more
expand_more
format_list_bulleted
Videos
Textbook Question
Chapter 1, Problem 6P
The Sun is almost 400 times farther from Earth than is the Moon. How long does light from the Moon take to reach Earth?
Expert Solution & Answer
Trending nowThis is a popular solution!
Students have asked these similar questions
How far away is the Moon if a reflected beam of light takes 2.56 seconds to travel from Earth to the Moon and back. The Moon is how many kilometers from the Earth.
Light takes about 2.6 seconds to travel to the moon and back from earth.
How far away is the moon?
The speed of light in a vacuum is 3 x 108 m/s. What is the ratio of its speed in water (n = 1.33) to its speed in a vacuum? Enter your answer as a percentage
Chapter 1 Solutions
Horizons: Exploring the Universe (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 1 - What is the largest dimension of which you have...Ch. 1 - What is the difference between our Solar System,...Ch. 1 - Why are light-years more convenient than miles,...Ch. 1 - Why is it difficult to detect planets orbiting...Ch. 1 - Prob. 5RQCh. 1 - What is the difference between the Milky Way and...Ch. 1 - What are the largest known structures in the...Ch. 1 - Prob. 8RQCh. 1 - How Do We Know? How does the scientific method...Ch. 1 - You and three of your friends have won an...
Ch. 1 - Think back to the last time you got a new phone...Ch. 1 - The diameter of Earth across the equator is 7928...Ch. 1 - The diameter of the Moon across its equator is...Ch. 1 - One astronomical unit is about 1.50108 km. Explain...Ch. 1 - Venus orbits 0.72 AU from the Sun. What is that...Ch. 1 - Light from the Sun takes 8 minutes to reach Earth....Ch. 1 - The Sun is almost 400 times farther from Earth...Ch. 1 - If the speed of light is 3.00105 km/s. how many...Ch. 1 - How long does it take light to cross the diameter...Ch. 1 - The nearest large galaxy to our n is about 2.5...Ch. 1 - How many galaxies like our own would it take Laid...Ch. 1 - In Figure 1-4, the division between daylight and...Ch. 1 - Prob. 2LTLCh. 1 - Prob. 3LTLCh. 1 - Prob. 4LTL
Knowledge Booster
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, physics and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.Similar questions
- Light in a vacuum travels at a constant speed of 3x108 m/s. If the Moon's average distance from the Earth is 38234,601 km, how long would it take for a beam of light to travel from the Earth, to the Moon, and back to the Earth again?arrow_forwardHow long does it take in units of minutes for a beam of light to travel from Earth to Jupiter's moon Io, a total distance of 1278.7 x 106 km?arrow_forwardHow far does light travel in one year? [This distance is known as a light-year (ly) and is used in measuring astronomical distances.] I think the answer might have to be in scientific notationn formarrow_forward
- (a) The distance to a star is approximately 5.50 × 10¹8 m. If this star were to burn out today, in how many years would we see it disappear? 581.35 years (b) How long does it take sunlight to reach Earth? 8.33 minutes (c) How long does it take for a microwave radar signal to travel from Earth to the Moon and back? (The distance from Earth to the Moon is 3.84 x 105 km.) X 1.28 Your response differs from the correct answer by more than 10%. Double check your calculations. Sarrow_forwardIn the 1670s, Ole Rømer observed eclipses of the Galilean satellite Io as it is plunged through Jupiter’s shadow once per orbit. He noticed that the time between observed eclipses became shorter as Jupiter came closer to the Earth and longer as Jupiter moved away. Rømer calculated that the eclipses were observed 17 minutes earlier when Jupiter was in opposition compared to when it was close to conjunction. This was attributed by Rømer to the finite speed of light. From Rømer’s data, compute the speed of light, first inAU min−1, and then inm s−1.arrow_forward(a) The distance to a star is approximately 4.97 × 10¹8 m. If this star were to burn out today, in how many years would we see it disappear? years (b) How long does it take sunlight to reach Earth? minutes (c) How long does it take for a microwave radar signal to travel from Earth to the Moon and back? (The distance from Earth to the Moon is 3.84 x 105 km.) Sarrow_forward
- A solar flare occurs in the surface of the sun on Monday morning at 11:45 AM. The sun is 1.496 x 108 kilometers away and light travels at 300 000 km per second. A. How long thereafter will the light beam reach the earth? B. What time of the day will the beam of light reach occurred at 11:45? C. If the solar flare re occurred at 1:30 pm when will the light from the flare reach earth?arrow_forwardWhat is the value for the constant for the speed of light?arrow_forwardHow long will it take, for the sunlight to reach the earth surface, if the sun is 1.497 x 10"m away from the earth? (Consider the speed of light in vacuum)arrow_forward
- The sun is 146.9 x 106 km from the Earth. How long does it take sun light to reach the Earth?arrow_forwardWhat would be the speed of light through a particular medium if the frequency is 6.14 x 106 Hz and the wavelength is 61.53 m? Your answer for this problem will not have any decimal places.arrow_forwardA) Suppose a star is 4.15 ✕ 1018 m from Earth. Imagine a pulse of radio waves is emitted toward Earth from the surface of this star. How long (in years) would it take to reach Earth? B) The Sun is 1.50 ✕ 1011 m from Earth. How long (in minutes) does it take sunlight to reach Earth? C) The Moon is 3.84 ✕ 108 m from Earth. How long (in s) does it take for a radio transmission to travel from Earth to the Moon and back?arrow_forward
arrow_back_ios
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
arrow_forward_ios
Recommended textbooks for you
Stars and Galaxies (MindTap Course List)PhysicsISBN:9781337399944Author:Michael A. SeedsPublisher:Cengage Learning
Stars and Galaxies (MindTap Course List)
Physics
ISBN:9781337399944
Author:Michael A. Seeds
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Time Dilation - Einstein's Theory Of Relativity Explained!; Author: Science ABC;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuD34tEpRFw;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY