themodboy04themodboy
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  • 12-05-2017
  • Physics
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If it takes light 26,000 years to travel from the Sun to the center of the Milky Way galaxy, how far is the Sun from the center of the Milky Way?

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ghanem
ghanem ghanem
  • 12-05-2017
since the light travels in the vacuum then its velocity will be C=3*10^8 m/sec.....then you will convert it to secs=28000*365*24*60*60=8.83008*10^11
then v=s/t then s=v*t=(3*10^8)(8.83008*10^11)=2.649024*10^20 meters
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wispergeorge01 wispergeorge01
  • 27-08-2018

If it takes light 26,000 years to travel from the Sun to the center of the Milky Way galaxy, how far is the Sun from the center of the Milky Way?

26.000 light years

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