How Many Light-Years Away is the Sun from the Earth?
Answer – The sun is 1.58 10-5 light-years away from the earth.
Explanation:
Light-year is the term used to describe the distance covered by light in a vacuum over the course of one year (which is 9.461 1012 km). It is a measure of large distances used in astronomy to describe the vast distances between objects in space.
However, it is not so ideal to use within the solar system. Given the immensely high speed of light (299,792,458 meters per second), it takes the light of the Sun considerably less than a year to reach the Earth (the distance is 152.05 million km). In fact, it takes only 8 minutes and 19 seconds to do so. This is equivalent to 1.58 10-5 light-years.
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