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Jupiter and Earth are not always the same distance apart. At their closest, it would take about 1.96 seconds. At their furthest, about 3.22 seconds.

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Q: How long does it take reflected light from Jupiter to reach the earth?
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How many light minutes is it from Jupiter to Earth?

That depends on how far apart Jupiter and earth are at the time.When both are on the same side of the sun, the closest the two planets can befrom each other is about 391 million miles. When on opposite sides of the sun,the farthest apart is about 577 million miles.The corresponding transit-times at light speed are between 35 minutes and 51.6 minutes.


How long does it take stars light to get to us?

In our Solar System, we see light from our sun reflected off the planets. In more distant galaxies, light from many millions of stars takes a long time to reach the Earth. It takes light 4 years to reach the Earth from Sirius, a near neighbouring star. Using the Hubble telescope, we can see the light from the Eagle Nebula, which takes 7,000 years to reach the Earth.


Does the light of the sun reach the earth?

Yes - the light takes approximately 8 minutes 20 seconds to hit the earth surface. In addition the Moon reflects the suns light so we see "moon light" which of course is in actual fact reflected sunlight


How many days does it take to get to Jupiter by jet?

It is not possible to travel to Jupiter by jet as it is a gas giant planet located millions of miles away from Earth. It would take years to reach Jupiter by spacecraft.


How long does it take light to reach earth from most planets?

The time that it takes light to reach Earth from the other planets is a function of where each planet is in its orbit. Light travels at 186,000 miles per second (300,000 km/sec), and each of the planets is moving in its own orbit. For example, Venus almost directly between the Sun and Earth this month, so Venus is only about 40 million miles away, about 3 light-minutes. Jupiter, on the other hand, is across the Sun from Earth, so it is over 500,000 miles away. (My Stellarium computer program tells me that Jupiter is 5.7 AU away right... NOW.) So that's 2850 seconds or 47.5 light-minutes away. Neptune and Uranus are also at the other ends of their orbits, so they are even FURTHER away.

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How long does reflected light from Jupiter to reach the earth?

Reflected light from Jupiter takes approximately 32 minutes to reach Earth due to the varying distance between the two planets as they orbit the Sun. The distance can range from about 365 million to 601 million kilometers.


How does the light from the moon reach the earth?

The moon does not emit light, rather it reflects it. The light from the sun shines on the moon, and it is reflected to earth.


What causes the lunar phase?

Amount of light from sun that reach/reflected-by the moon as the earth revolves the sun.


Does the suns light take eight years to reach earth?

Not unless it reflected off an object 4 light years away.Straight to Earth takes about 8 minutes.


How many light minutes is it from Jupiter to Earth?

That depends on how far apart Jupiter and earth are at the time.When both are on the same side of the sun, the closest the two planets can befrom each other is about 391 million miles. When on opposite sides of the sun,the farthest apart is about 577 million miles.The corresponding transit-times at light speed are between 35 minutes and 51.6 minutes.


How long does it take to reach Jupiter?

Earth is 588 million kilometers away from Jupiter. On a space shuttle, it would take about 2 years to reach Jupiter from Earth.


There is no moon when it is?

the reason we sometimes don't see the moon is because the sun is in a posision where the light doesn't reach the moon, there for the light isn't reflected to Earth and we can't see it.


How long does it take stars light to get to us?

In our Solar System, we see light from our sun reflected off the planets. In more distant galaxies, light from many millions of stars takes a long time to reach the Earth. It takes light 4 years to reach the Earth from Sirius, a near neighbouring star. Using the Hubble telescope, we can see the light from the Eagle Nebula, which takes 7,000 years to reach the Earth.


Does the light of the sun reach the earth?

Yes - the light takes approximately 8 minutes 20 seconds to hit the earth surface. In addition the Moon reflects the suns light so we see "moon light" which of course is in actual fact reflected sunlight


How many lightyears are you away from Jupiter?

Well the Moon is 1 light second away from earth ( meaning if you were moving at the speed of light you would reach and pass the moon in 1 second ) and the Sun is about 8 light minutes away from us. Jupiter is maybe 4 light minutes?


The time it takes for sunlight to be reflected from the moon to earth?

Light from the sun takes about 81/3 minutes to reach the moon, and if it bounces off the moon in the direction of Earth, another 1.27 seconds from the moon to Earth.


How does it take for light to reach earth?

If you mean light from the Sun, then it takes eight minutes for the light to reach the Earth.