The Earth orbits the Sun at a speed of 30 km/s. At that speed it completes one path around the Sun every year. Of course, as tha

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The Earth orbits the Sun at a speed of 30 km/s. At that speed it completes one path around the Sun every year. Of course, as tha

t happens we are heading toward a different place in space constantly, always accelerating toward the Sun to stay on the circular path. Suppose at a paritcular instant we are headed in the direction of a distant star and we measure the speed of the light from that star as it arrives on Earth. In the vacuum of space we would measurea. 299,792,458 m/sb. 299,792,428 m/sc. 299,792,488 m/sd. 0 m/s

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romanna [79] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-18T02:56:13+03:00

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a. 299,792,458 m/s

Explanation:

Since the speed of light in a vacuum is invariant and has the value of 299,792,458 m/s, we would measure this value of 299,792,458 m/s for the speed of light from the star as it arrives on Earth.