Science Trivia : The flight time of the light from the sun to the earth
The distance between the earth and the sun is 149.6 million km.
The speed of the light is about 300,000 km per second and turns into the speed which goes around the earth about 7 and a half times in one second.
149.6 million km÷ 300,000 km in about 499 seconds and is about 8.3 minutes.
By the way, the distance that the light goes ahead in one year is called one light-year and is 9.46 trillion km.
