Mastering Astronomy with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Astronomy Today (9th Edition)
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Chapter 1, Problem 1P
To determine
The distance travelled by light in one second, and to determine the location where it would reach in one second if its starting point is Houston.
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How far does light travel in one second? If this light were leaving Houston, what location (on Earth or beyond) would it reach in one second?
How far does light travel?
Light travels through vacuum at a speed of approximately 186,000 miles per second. The distance of the sun from earth is approximately 93,000,000 miles.
- Thus it takes (ans….) minutes for light to travel from the sun to earth.
Proxima Centauri has a distance of approximately
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- it takes sunlight (and….) years to reach Proxima Centauri. (Assume that a year
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