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    wHAT IS THE SPEED OF LIGHT

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    186 thousand mile per second  give or take a few

    Light travels at a speed of 186,000 miles a second or 700 Million miles an hour. So from the moon to the Earth 1.2 sec  Earth to the sun 8.5 Min's.  Sun to the edge of the solar system ( Pluto ) 5 hours and 40 Min's. Pluto to the nearest star; 4.3 years. Across the length of the Milky Way Galaxy 100,000 years.

    Speed of light vary according to the medium.


    If you are talking the speed of light in air, then its approximate value is 3 × 10 raised to power 8 m/s.


    I think you have got your answer now.


     



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