How many light minutes away is earth from the sun ? Express this distance in kilometres .

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Solution

Light travels fast and covers huge distances quickly. It is another form of electromagnetic energy and is a universal constant across the universe. So it is used as a standard to measure the universe.

Light minutes are useful for calculating the distances within a solar system.

A light minute is equal to 17.9 million kilometres, or 11.1 million miles.

The Earth is 8.316 minutes away from the Sun.

The distance between the Earth and the Sun is 149,597,870.691 km.

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