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Nata [24]
3 years ago
15

The distance from the earth to polaris is approximately 5.78 × 1018 m. the speed of light is 2.99792 × 108 m/s. if the north sta

r polaris were to burn out today, in how many years would it disappear from our vision? answer in units of years.
Geography
1 answer:
Alinara [238K]3 years ago
5 0
             <span><span> V = d/ t
</span><span> t = v/d
-> 2.00 * 10 ^ 10 s
divide by 3600 and by 24 to get days
->232414 days

divide by no of days in a year
giving 636 years approx. </span></span>
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