We see the sun rising 81 - 4 minutes afte it has actually risen- Why-

The distance between earth and sun is 1485 lakh kilometres. Due to this, sunlight takes nbsp;81/4 nbsp; minutes of time to reach earth. Thus, we see the sun ...

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Standard VI

Geography

Formation of Days and Nights

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We see the sun rising 8¹/₄ minutes afte it has actually risen. Why?

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The distance between earth and sun is 1485 lakh kilometres. Due to this, sunlight takes 8¹/₄ minutes of time to reach earth. Thus, we see the sun rising 8¹/₄ minutes after it has actually risen.

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We see the sun rising 81/4 minutes afte it has actually risen. Why?

The distance between earth and sun is 1485 lakh kilometres. Due to this, sunlight takes 81/4 minutes of time to reach earth. Thus, we see the sun rising 81/4 minutes after it has actually risen.

We see the sun rising 8¹/₄ minutes afte it has actually risen. Why?

The distance between earth and sun is 1485 lakh kilometres. Due to this, sunlight takes 8¹/₄ minutes of time to reach earth. Thus, we see the sun rising 8¹/₄ minutes after it has actually risen.