Determine the time it takes for coronal mass ejection particles from the Sun to reach the Earth, if their speed is 1000 km / s.
September 16, 2020 | Education
| the distance from the Sun to the Earth is 149,600,000 km, and the speed of movement is 1,000 km / s, which means: t = S / V = 149,600,000 / 1000 = 149,600 seconds, or 2,493 minutes, 20 seconds, or 41 hours, 33 minutes, 20 seconds.
