Oracle
To the nearest whole minute, how many minutes does sunlight take to reach Earth? Answer with the whole number only.
Answer
8
- travel time
- One-way mean sunlight travel time from the Sun to Earth, using NASA's listed 8.350022 minutes; rounded to the nearest whole minute using ordinary half-up rounding.
- sources
- science.nasa.gov, 1 au (149,597,870.7 km) / speed of light (299,792.458 km/s) = 499.0 s = 8.317 min, rounded to 8 minutes; standard astrophysical constants (iau definition of au; codata speed of light), 1 au (149,597,870.7 km) / speed of light (299,792.458 km/s) = ~499.00 s = 8.317 min, rounded to 8 minutes; standard physical constants (iau definition of au, codata speed of light), astrobiology.nasa.gov, iau 2012 definition of the astronomical unit (149597870.7 km) and the defined speed of light in vacuum (299792.458 km/s, si); light travel time = au / c = 499.00 s = 8.317 min, rounded to 8 minutes., iau astronomical unit definition (149,597,870.7 km) combined with the si-defined speed of light (299,792.458 km/s) gives a light travel time of 499.0048 seconds = 8.3167 minutes, which rounds to 8 minutes. this is a fixed physical constant, independent of the pinned block window., iau definition of the astronomical unit (149,597,870,700 m) and codata/si defined speed of light (299,792,458 m/s): light travel time = 149597870700 / 299792458 = 499.0048 s = 8.3167 min, rounded to 8 minutes., iau definition of the astronomical unit (149,597,870.7 km) and codata/si defined speed of light (299,792,458 m/s); 1 au / c = 499.0 s = 8.317 min, rounds to 8 minutes, iau definition of the astronomical unit (149,597,870.7 km) and the defined speed of light (299,792,458 m/s), both fixed physical/astronomical constants, iau definition of the astronomical unit (149,597,870.7 km) and the si-defined speed of light (299,792,458 m/s); 149,597,870,700 m / 299,792,458 m/s = 499.0048 s = 8.317 min, rounded to 8 minutes. this is a fixed physical constant independent of blockchain state; the pinned block range is recorded only to timestamp the request., iau definition of the astronomical unit (149,597,870.7 km) and the si-defined speed of light (299,792.458 km/s) give a light travel time of 1 au / c = 499.0 s = 8.317 minutes, rounding to 8 minutes; this figure is also stated directly by nasa (https://spaceplace.nasa.gov) and other astronomy references as 'about 8 minutes'., iau definition of the astronomical unit (149597870.7 km) and the defined speed of light (299792.458 km/s): light travel time = 149597870.7 / 299792.458 = 499.0 s = 8.317 min, rounds to 8 minutes., iau-defined astronomical unit (149,597,870.7 km) and the exact si speed of light (299,792.458 km/s) give a light-travel time of ~499 seconds (~8.317 minutes), which rounds to 8 minutes; this is the standard figure stated by nasa and other astronomy references., iau-defined astronomical unit (149,597,870.7 km) and the si-defined speed of light (299,792,458 m/s); light-travel time = 149597870.7 km / 299792.458 km/s = 499.005 s = 8.317 minutes, rounded to 8 minutes. (also corroborated by nasa/jpl solar system facts, which cite ~8 minutes 20 seconds for sunlight to reach earth.), iau-defined astronomical unit (149,597,870.7 km) divided by the defined speed of light (299,792.458 km/s) = ~499 s = ~8.3 min, rounded to 8 minutes; a standard physical constant not dependent on chain data, iau-defined astronomical unit (149,597,870.7 km) divided by the speed of light (299,792,458 m/s) = 499.0 s = 8.317 min, rounded to 8 minutes; consistent with nasa/common astronomy references., nasa (https://spaceplace.nasa.gov) and noaa scijinks (https://scijinks.gov) both state sunlight takes about 8 minutes (more precisely ~8 minutes 20 seconds, i.e. 499 seconds) to travel the mean earth-sun distance of 1 au at the speed of light; 499 seconds = 8.317 minutes, which rounds to 8 minutes., nasa (https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/light-year/en/) and standard physics constants (1 au = 149,600,000 km; speed of light = 299,792 km/s), giving sunlight travel time of ~8 minutes 20 seconds, rounded to 8 minutes., nasa / iau astronomical constants: mean earth-sun distance (1 au = 149,597,870.7 km) divided by the speed of light (299,792.458 km/s) = ~499.0 s = ~8.317 minutes, rounded to 8 minutes. (e.g. nasa space place: 'light from the sun takes about 8 minutes to reach earth.'), nasa / standard astronomical constants: 1 au = 149,597,870 km; speed of light = 299,792.458 km/s; light travel time = distance/speed = 499.0 s = 8.32 min, rounded to 8 minutes., nasa science, voyager 1: what is a light-day, https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/voyager-1/voyager-1-what-is-a-light-day/ (states sunlight takes about eight minutes and 20 seconds to travel from the sun to earth)., nasa science, voyager 1: what is a light-day? https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/voyager-1/voyager-1-what-is-a-light-day/ (states sunlight takes about eight minutes and 20 seconds to travel from sun to earth)., nasa solar system exploration (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/faq/) and nist/iau physical constants: au = 149,597,870.7 km, c = 299,792.458 km/s, giving light travel time 499 s ≈ 8.32 min, rounding to 8 minutes, nasa space place / nasa solar fact sheet: sunlight travels from sun to earth in about 8 minutes 20 seconds (499 s), so the nearest whole minute is 8, nasa space place, all about the sun: https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/all-about-the-sun/en/, nasa space place, all about the sun: https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/all-about-the-sun/en/ (states light takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach earth)., nasa sun fact sheet (https://science.nasa.gov/sun/facts/): light from the sun takes about 8 minutes 20 seconds to reach earth, nasa/iau astronomical constants: 1 au = 149,597,870 km, speed of light = 299,792.458 km/s, giving travel time ~499.0 s = ~8.317 min, rounded to 8 minutes, nasa/iau-defined astronomical unit (149,597,870.7 km) and speed of light in vacuum (299,792,458 m/s), standard physical constants; time = distance / speed = ~499 s = ~8.3 min, rounded to 8 minutes, nasa/iau-defined astronomical unit (149,597,870.7 km) and the defined speed of light (299,792.458 km/s) give a light travel time of ~8 minutes 19 seconds, i.e. 8 minutes to the nearest whole minute., nasa/iau-defined astronomical unit (149,597,870.7 km) divided by the speed of light (299,792.458 km/s) = ~499 s = ~8.3 min, rounded to 8 minutes, nasa/iau: mean earth-sun distance (1 au) = 149,597,870.7 km; speed of light = 299,792.458 km/s; light travel time = distance / speed = 499.0 s ≈ 8.32 minutes, rounds to 8 minutes, nasa/nist physical constants: 1 au = 149,597,870,700 m; speed of light = 299,792,458 m/s. travel time = 149597870700 / 299792458 = 499.0048 s = 8.3167 min, rounded to nearest whole minute = 8., nasa/nist physical constants: 1 au = 149,597,870.7 km (iau definition); speed of light = 299,792,458 m/s. travel time = 149,597,870,700 m / 299,792,458 m/s ≈ 499.0 s ≈ 8.317 minutes, which rounds to 8 minutes., nasa/nist/noaa reference fact: light from the sun takes about 8 minutes to reach earth (1 au / c = 149,597,870 km / 299,792 km/s ≈ 499 s ≈ 8.32 min, rounds to 8), spaceplace.nasa.gov, wikipedia, "sunlight" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sunlight): "sunlight takes about 8.3 minutes to reach earth from the surface of the sun.", wikipedia, "sunlight" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sunlight): "sunlight takes about 8.3 minutes to reach earth from the surface of the sun." 8.3 min rounds to 8 whole minutes., www.nasa.gov
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