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> > The Sun–Earth distance is 93 million miles. > I don’t think every teenager knows that. Teenage respondents have a good chance of remembering that it takes
by eimrine 4y ago
> > The Sun–Earth distance is 93 million miles.
> I don’t think every teenager knows that.
Teenage respondents have a good chance of remembering that it takes 8 minutes for light to travel from the Sun to the Earth.
- beardyw 4y agoBut do they know the speed of light?
- db48x 4y agoI think that is another candidate for a fact easily remembered by the average teenager. Top five at least, and not known to the ancient Greeks.
- Someone 4y agoThat’s a lot likelier, yes. I may be pessimistic, but I think that still wouldn’t help them answer “How far is the sun from earth?” because I doubt your average teenager can compute “8 minutes times 300,000 km/s in km”, let alone “8 minutes times 186,300 miles/s in miles”. Their phone can, but their phone also can answer “How far is the sun from earth?” directly.
- db48x 4y agoThe computation is irrelevant. “Light from the Sun takes 8 minutes to reach the Earth” is a true fact known to teenagers which was not known to the ancient Greeks.