before we jump conclusions, i think we need to know how fast it takes for the sun rays to travel from earth to pluto, or this argument may backfire on us ;)
5 posted on
07/26/2006 6:55:27 PM PDT by
4rcane
To: 4rcane
Trust me. It doesn't take that long.
12 posted on
07/26/2006 6:57:47 PM PDT by
Timothy
To: 4rcane
before we jump conclusions, i think we need to know how fast it takes for the sun rays to travel from earth to pluto, or this argument may backfire on us ;)Pluto is approximately 4 light-hours from Earth.
20 posted on
07/26/2006 7:00:35 PM PDT by
Procyon
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To: 4rcane
It takes roughly 5.5 hours for light to travel from the sun to Pluto. Slower moving matter from the sun all depends on the speed of the matter.
21 posted on
07/26/2006 7:00:55 PM PDT by
Pox
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To: 4rcane
i think we need to know how fast it takes for the sun rays to travel from earth to pluto Nope. Timeframe for that factiod is irrelevent since the speed of light is 186,282.397 miles per second
22 posted on
07/26/2006 7:01:29 PM PDT by
MNJohnnie
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To: 4rcane
What? You think Pluto is so far out it takes hundreds of years for light to reach it? Eight min. to earth. Try a few days. I think it is around 40 hours.
28 posted on
07/26/2006 7:03:03 PM PDT by
MPJackal
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To: 4rcane
What problem?
Earth is 8 minutes from the sun. Pluto a bit further depending on where in its highly elliptical orbit it is in. Figure maybe 45-60 minutes on average.
Bigger impact is how far out Pluto is: there is very little solar radiation that far out, so a change in the sun's output _ which many assume may be causing earth's 1/2 of ONE degree possible warming - will also change Pluto's warmth.
Not by much, but by some.
37 posted on
07/26/2006 7:05:54 PM PDT by
Robert A Cook PE
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To: 4rcane
According to
Celestia, (free download of Coolest Program Ever), as of 9pm Central time this evening, Pluto is 4 hours 12 minutes 43 seconds away from Earth at LightSpeed.
To put this into perspective, (au = Astronomical Unit - roughly 93 million miles)
Mercury = 5m 30.1s (.66142 au)
Venus = 12m 35.3s (1.5135 au)
Mars = 20m 36.5s (2.4779 au)
Jupiter = 43m 19.2s (5.2083 au)
Saturn = 1h 24m 27.4s (10.145 au)
Uranus = 2h 40m 29.1s (19.296 au)
Neptune = 4h 1m 46.6s (29.071 au)
Pluto = 4h 12m 43.1s (30.387 au)
46 posted on
07/26/2006 7:10:25 PM PDT by
zeugma
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To: 4rcane
Roughly six hours. Pluto is like 40 AU from the sun. (One AU is the distance from Earth to Sun.) It takes sunlight just about 500 seconds to reach Earth. 500 x ~40 = ~20,000 seconds = ~6 hours.
98 posted on
07/28/2006 4:38:19 AM PDT by
Lonesome in Massachussets
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To: 4rcane
It takes five hours. That is much faster than necessary to propagate Global Warming.
101 posted on
07/28/2006 8:57:33 AM PDT by
RightWhale
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