ASTRONAUGHTY

Light from the Sun takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach Earth. Even sunlight respects commute times.

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The average Sun–Earth distance is 1 AU ≈ 149.6 million km. At light speed, that’s about 499 seconds (~8 min 19–20 s).

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