How Much Do You Actually Know About The Sun?
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You hopefully know the earth revolves around it, and you probably know that during a solar eclipse, it gets blocked by the moon, but if you really want to test your sun knowledge, this is the place to do it!
What are your thoughts on this subject?
233 Comments
George Oliver Prince
13/15, with a couple of guesses
mikeyparry
10 / 15. You're a solar expert! Hardly, I got 5 wrong! One less than last time!
R Yancey
15/15 correct
Thanks for answers!
Aus '49
Q9 is 93 million miles (150m kilometres) not 9.3 million miles
argyleranger
Mike Valsamy, abvslutely correct. mean distance is 10 times th at
Mike Valsamy
Question 9: If the Sun were 9,200,000 miles from the Earth, the light from the Sun would not take 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach the Earth.
argyleranger
Cuaxolotl, You are right. I got a miss on that and didnt' like it.
Denny Quigley
Since earths orbit is elliptical the tie for light to travel and the distance varies
Scott
13/15 Couple of guesses.
Johnny Rock
So by that calculation, [the Sun takes 225/250 million years to orbit our galaxy], the Sun has orbited the Milky Way approx. 18 times since it's formation.
Cuaxolotl
Question 9 / 15: Answer is wrong. It's not 9.2 but 93 million miles.