The space probe Dawn is currently orbiting Ceres, the largest object in the Asteroid Belt. It is about 517,000,000...

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The space probe Dawn is currently orbiting Ceres, the largest object in the Asteroid Belt. It is about 517,000,000 km from Ea

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Distance between them is 517000000 km.

Speed of light is 300000 km/sec.

So the time will be taken by the light to reach earth's surface is, 517000000/300000= 1723.33 second or 28.72 minutes

So it will take 28.72 minutes to reach earth's surface.

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