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  • Travel Time of Sunlight to Uranus: A Detailed Calculation
    It takes light from the Sun approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes to reach Uranus.

    Here's why:

    * Distance: Uranus is about 1.9 billion miles (3 billion kilometers) from the Sun.

    * Speed of light: Light travels at a speed of 186,282 miles per second (299,792 kilometers per second).

    To calculate the travel time, divide the distance by the speed of light:

    * Time = Distance / Speed

    * Time = 1.9 billion miles / 186,282 miles per second

    * Time ≈ 10,197 seconds

    * Time ≈ 2 hours and 40 minutes

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