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14 June, 03:56

If it takes light 26,000 years to travel from the Sun to the center of the Milky Way galaxy, how far is the Sun from the center of the Milky Way?

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  1. 14 June, 06:10
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    Since the light travels in the vacuum then its velocity will be C=3*10^8 m/sec ... then you will convert it to secs=28000*365*24*60*60=8.83008*10^11

    then v=s/t then s=v*t = (3*10^8) (8.83008*10^11) = 2.649024*10^20 meters
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