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    wHAT IS THE SPEED OF LIGHT

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      186 thousand mile per second  give or take a few

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        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.

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          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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