Sentences with LIGHT-MINUTE
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"It takes about 8 minutes for sunlight to reach Earth, which is approximately 8 light minutes."
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"The nearest star to Earth, Proxima Centauri, is about 4.24 light years away, which is roughly 252,460 light minutes."
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"Radio signals from Voyager 1 take about 19 hours and 56 minutes to travel a light minute."
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"The average distance between the Earth and the Moon is about 1.28 light seconds, equivalent to 76.8 light minutes."
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"In outer space, distances between celestial objects are often described in terms of light minutes or light years."
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"The Sun's diameter is about 1.39 million kilometers, which can be converted to approximately 8.25 light minutes."
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"Astronomical unit (AU), which is approximately the average distance between the Earth and the Sun, is equal to about 8.32 light minutes."
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"When a space probe sends a signal to Earth, it can take several light minutes for the signal to reach us, depending on the probe's distance."
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"Saturn, on average, is about 1.3 billion kilometers away from Earth, which is equivalent to approximately 76,987 light minutes."
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"When astronomers measure the brightness of stars, they sometimes use the term 'light minutes' as a unit of measurement."
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"The communication time delay between a space station and astronauts on another planet can range from a few light minutes to several light hours."
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"Our Milky Way galaxy is estimated to be about 100,000 light years in diameter, which can be roughly calculated as 5,929,648,000 light minutes."
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"When observing distant galaxies, we are seeing them as they appeared millions or billions of light minutes ago due to the vast distances involved."
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"The Orion Nebula, a stellar nursery, is located about 1,344 light years away from Earth, which is approximately 80,128 light minutes."
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"The light from a distant star like Sirius takes roughly 8.6 years to reach us, equivalent to about 512,427 light minutes."
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"The Andromeda Galaxy, our neighboring galaxy, is located about 2.537 million light years away from Earth, roughly 150,694,200 light minutes."
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"The time it takes for sunlight to travel from the surface of the Sun to the Earth is approximately 499.0 seconds, equivalent to 8.32 light minutes."
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"When we look up at the night sky, we are seeing stars as they appeared many light minutes, hours, or even years ago."
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"A light minute is a unit of length in astronomy, defining the distance that light travels in one minute."
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"The closest star to Earth, Proxima Centauri, is about 4.22 light minutes away."
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"Signals from the Mars Rover take about 3.5 light minutes to reach Earth."
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"Our Sun is approximately 8.3 light minutes away from Earth."
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"Astronomers use light minutes to measure the vast distances between celestial bodies."
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"Radio communication between Earth and the Moon has a delay of around 1.3 seconds or 0.022 light minutes."
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"The time it takes for a message to travel from Earth to a spacecraft orbiting Jupiter is measured in light minutes."
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"Satellites in geostationary orbit are positioned around 22,236 miles or 119.14 light minutes above Earth's surface."
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"The concept of a light minute helps us understand the vastness of the universe and the limitations of communication."
