Description : The distance from the Earth to the Sun is about 100 million miles. The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second, and light takes eight minutes to reach the Earth from the Sun. Let's say the ... of light is suddenly doubled to 372,000 miles a second.What time will the Sun rise tomorrow? -Riddles
Last Answer : 6am again. After all, what diffrence does the speed of light make to the answer? It's irrelevant- only the speed of the roation of the Earth matters here.
Description : How many earth years does it take Neptune to orbit the Sun? -Technology
Last Answer : It approximately takes 165.5 Earth Years for Neptune to orbit around the Sun. Hope it helps you :)
Description : How many minutes does it take for light to come from sun to earth ?
Last Answer : : It takes time for light to come from the sun to the earth-- 8 minutes 20 seconds
Description : The light from the Sun reaches the Earth in about— (1) 8 seconds (2) 8 minutes (3) 10 seconds (4) 10 minutes
Last Answer : (2) 8 minutes Explanation: Light travels at 186,000 miles a second at the Earth is 93 million miles to Sun on average. This works out as 8.33 minutes for light from the Sun to reach Earth. ... is filtered through the Earth's atmosphere, and is obvious as daylight when the Sun is above the horizon.
Description : To within a half minute, how many minutes does it take for light to travel from the sun to the Earth?
Last Answer : ANSWER: 9-1/2 MINUTES (accept: 9 to 10 minutes)
Last Answer : 8 minutes
Last Answer : Neptune orbits the Sun once every 165 years
Last Answer : Neptune To the sun Circumference By : 185 years .
Description : The planet farthest from the sun is (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
Last Answer : Ans:(a)
Description : From the Survey of India map, the distance of the critical point is 20 km and difference in elevation is 193 m. The over land flow time, is (A) 2 hours (B) 3 hours (C) 2 hours and 30 minutes (D) 4 hours
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : A person covered a certain distance by bus at the rate of 40 kmph and walked back to the initial point at the rate of 6 kmph. The whole journey took 13 hours and 48 minutes. What distance did he walk? a) 60km b) 64 km c) 70km d) 72km e) 80 km
Last Answer : Let the distance be x km. then (x/40) + (x/6) = 13 + (48/60) = 69/5 Answer is: d)
Description : The mean distance from the Sun to the Earth is called: (1) Light year (2) Astronomical Unit (3) Parallactic Second (4) Angstrom
Last Answer : (2) Astronomical Unit Explanation: The distance from the Earth to the Sun on average is about 149 million km which is often referred to as Astronomical Unit. 1 AU = 149 million km.
Description : A bomb explodes on the moon. You will hear its sound on earth after – (1) 20 minutes (2) 2 hours 20 minutes (3) 3.7 hours (4) You cannot hear the sound of explosion
Last Answer : (4) You cannot hear the sound of explosion Explanation: The sound will never reach Earth because there are not enough molecules or atoms of matter per cubic centimeter of space to create the pressure waves ... Sound propagation needs a medium. The people on the Earth can see the flash, but no sound.
Description : A bomb explodes on the moon. You will hear its sound on earth after ______ (1) 20 minutes (2) 2 hours 20 minutes (3) 3.7 hours (4) You cannot hear the sound of explosion
Last Answer : You cannot hear the sound of explosion
Description : You’ll find me in Mercury, Earth, Mars and Jupiter, but not in Venus or Neptune. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : The letter 'r'
Description : How far is Neptune from Earth ?
Last Answer : Answer : The distance of Neptune from Earth is about 435 million kilometers.
Last Answer : The distance of the planet Neptune from the Earth is about 435 crore km.
Description : How will the mass of an object on Neptune compare with its mass on earth?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : Which of the following is called the twin of the earth? (1) Neptune (2) Venus (3) Mars (4) Saturn
Last Answer : (2) Venus Explanation: Venus is the second planet from the sun and a close neighbor to the earth. It was named after the Roman Goddess of Beauty. Venus is usually one the brightest ... Earth's twin. However, surface conditions are not nearly the same making it a quite inhospitable environment.
Description : Among the following, the celestial body farthest from the Earth is – (1) Saturn (2) Uranus (3) Neptune (4) Pluto
Last Answer : (3) Neptune Explanation: Pluto, formal designation 134340 Pluto, is the second-most-massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System (after Eris) and the tenth-most-massive body observed directly ... relatively small, approximately onesixth the mass of the Earth's Moon and one-third its volume.
Description : Rotational axis of which of the following planet is highly tilted? (1) Earth (2) Uranus (3) Neptune (4) Jupiter
Last Answer : (2) Uranus Explanation: Uranus has a ring system, a magnetosphere, and numerous moons. The Uranian system has a unique configuration because its axis of rotation is tilted sideways, nearly into the plane of its solar orbit.
Description : Which Planet has purple rocks according to NASA ? A. Jupitar B. Neptune C. Earth D. Mars (Answer)
Last Answer : D. Mars (Answer)
Description : Among the following, the celestial body farthest from the Earth is (1) Saturn (2) Uranus (3) Neptune (4) Pluto
Last Answer : Neptune
Description : Which of the following is called the twin of the earth ? (1) Neptune (2) Venus (3) Mars (4) Saturn
Last Answer : Venus
Description : Which of the following is not caused by atmospheric refraction of light? (1) Sun appearing red at sunset (2) Twinkling of stars at night (3) Sun appearing higher in the sky than it actually is (4) Sun becoming visible two or three minutes before actual sunrise
Last Answer : (3) Sun appearing higher in the sky than it actually is Explanation: The twinkling of stars and variation in size of the Sun are due to atmospheric refraction of light. Besides, refraction is also ... higher or lower in the sky due to the changing position of the Earth relative to the Sun.
Description : Light from the Sun reaches us in nearly (1) 2 minutes (2) 4 minutes (3) 8 minutes (4) 16 minutes
Last Answer : (3) 8 minutes Explanation: The sun's light takes about 8 minutes to reach the Earth after it has been emitted from the sun's surface. The time it takes for light to reach planets in our Solar System ... Way, which is our galaxy) varies from about 3 minutes for Mercury, to about 5.3 hours for Pluto
Last Answer : (3) 8 minutes Explanation: The sun's light takes about 8 minutes to reach the Earth after it has been emitted from the sun's surface. The time it takes for light to reach planets in our Solar System ... Way, which is our galaxy) varies from about 3 minutes for Mercury, to about 5.3 hours for Pluto.
Description : Which of the following is not caused by atmospheric refraction of light ? (1) Sun appearing red at sunset (2) Twinkling of stars at night (3) Sun appearing higher in the sky than it actually is (4) Sun becoming visible two or three minutes before actual sunrise
Last Answer : Sun appearing higher in the sky than it actually is
Description : The planet emitting green light is – (1) Jupiter (2) Venus (3) Uranus (4) Neptune
Last Answer : (3) Uranus Explanation: The atmosphere of Uranus is composed of 83% hydrogen, 15% helium, 2% methane and small amounts of acetylene and other hydrocarbons. Methane in the upper atmosphere absorbs red light, giving Uranus its blue-green colour.
Description : The planet emitting green light is (1) Jupiter (2) Venus (3) Uranus (4) Neptune
Last Answer : Uranus
Description : The distance of the planet from the earth is measured by __________.
Last Answer : The distance of the planet from the earth is measured by __________. (A) direct method (B) ... (C) spherometer method (D) parallax method
Description : Find the distance of a heavenly object from the earth if the parallactic angle as measured from two places at a distance of `6.284xx10^(6)m` apart is
Last Answer : Find the distance of a heavenly object from the earth if the parallactic angle as measured from two places at a ... .284xx10^(6)m` apart is `2^(@)`.
Description : India's latitudinal and longitudinal extent measured in degrees are almost the same, but its north-south extent measured in km is greater than its east-west extent. This is due to the fact that (a) ... (c) all longitudes with their opposites form great circles (d) the earth is not a perfect sphere
Last Answer : Ans: (b)
Description : Distance of stars is measured in (a) Light years (b) Kilometres per second (c) Kilometres only (d) Nautical miles
Last Answer : Ans:(b)
Description : The sun rises in Arunachal Pradesh two hours before it does in Dwaraka in Gujarat. This is because the former is (a) higher in elevation than Dwaraka (b) situated further north than Dwaraka (c) situated ... than Dwaraka (d) situated about 30 º east of Dwaraka and the earth rotates from west to east
Last Answer : Ans: (d)
Description : The distance moved and the magnitude of displacement are equal in ? (a) The earth is revolving around the Sun (b) Object moving in circular path (c) The pendulum is moving to and fro (d) Object moving on straight road -Science
Last Answer : (d) only. Distance and displacement in all other cases
Description : On which date the earth is at the largest distance from the sun (Apehelion)? -Do You Know?
Last Answer : answer:
Description : What is the distance of the nearest star besides the sun from the earth? -Do You Know?
Description : What is distance between the Earth and the Sun (in million kms.)? -Do You Know?
Description : What is the distance between the Earth and the Sun? -General Knowledge
Description : what is the distance between the sun and earth ? -Technology
Last Answer : The distance between the Sun and Earth is on an average 150 million square kilometers or more precisely 147.16 million square kilometers. :)
Description : How long will the distance of the earth from the sun be half of the current distance in a year ?
Last Answer : Scientist Kepler has a formula for the rotation of the planet. That is: - T ² ∝ R ³ Here , T = period of rotation of the planet ; R = Distance of the planet from the star. The equation can be written in a slightly different way - T1 ² / R1 ...
Description : How many millions of kilometers is the distance between the earth and the sun ?
Last Answer : The distance between the earth and the sun is 150 million kilometers.
Description : How many kilometers is the distance from the sun to the earth ?
Last Answer : Its distance from the sun is 150 million kilometers.
Description : What is the average distance of the earth from the sun ?
Last Answer : 150 million kilometers.
Description : What is the distance between earth and sun termed as?
Last Answer : Answer: Astronomical Unit
Description : $ The approximate distance between the sun and the Earth is about 148.7 million km. ! The dimensions of the habitates, regions of the earth are about
Last Answer : $ The approximate distance between the sun and the Earth is about 148.7 million km. ! The dimensions of ... is wrong D. If both As and R are wrong.
Description : The total luminosity of the sun is `3.9xx10^(26)W`. The mean distance of the sun from the earth is `1.496xx10^(11)m`. Calculate the value of solar con
Last Answer : The total luminosity of the sun is `3.9xx10^(26)W`. The mean distance of the sun from the ... 496xx10^(11)m`. Calculate the value of solar constant.
Description : Estimate the mass of the sun, assuming the orbit of Earth around the sun to be a circle. The distance between the sun and the Earth is `1.49 xx 10^(11
Last Answer : Estimate the mass of the sun, assuming the orbit of Earth around the sun to be a circle. The distance between the sun ... xx 10^(-11) Nm^(2) kg^(-2)`.