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📅 NSB MS 2014🎓 MS🔄 Round 16#️⃣ Question 14🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

One common way to express the distance from the Earth to the Sun is in light-minutes, which is a similar concept to light-years. The distance to the Sun in these units is about 8.5 light-minutes. If the Sun were to go out in an instant, how long, in seconds, would it take people on Earth to notice?

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