Assume we place a very big working clock ,what will be the clocks reading on the sun if the earth's clock be 7:50?

Question

The distance between the earth and the sun us 150,000,000 km.Suppose we have two same working clocks one on earth and the other on the sun.what would we see on the sun's clock the moment we see the earth's clock 7:50?

Answer 1

The time it takes for light to travel between the Earth and the Sun can be used to determine the time on the Sun's clock when we observe the Earth's clock at 7.50am..

Answer 2

If the clock on Earth reads 7:50, the clock on the Sun would read something like 7:49:59.999999999998. However, this difference is so small that it would be practically impossible to measure with any clock that we currently have available.

Comments

I wanted to ask you the lag time due to the distance.L finally tell you that it is 7:42 because we receive the light reaches earth 8 minutes later

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There is delay of light from earth to sun about eight and a half minutes earlier. Clock on the sun loses time compared to earthbound clock due to gravitational time dilation.

Answer 3

It's not possible to determine the time on the sun based on the position of a clock on Earth. The sun does not have a fixed "time" as it rotates on its axis and has no clear landmarks to measure time by. Additionally, the Earth's rotation and orbit are constantly changing, so any measurement of time on Earth would not be consistent with time on the sun.

Answer 4

The time difference between the clocks on Earth and the Sun can be calculated using the fact that light travels at a finite speed, and it takes approximately 8 minutes for light to travel from the Sun to Earth. So, if we see the clock on Earth at 7:50 am, it means that light left the Earth at 7:50 am and traveled towards the Sun. It would take approximately 8 minutes for the light to reach the Sun, and during this time, the clock on Earth would continue to tick. Therefore, when the light reaches the Sun, the clock on Earth would show a later time. Assuming the clocks on Earth and the Sun are synchronized initially, when we see the clock on Earth at 7:50 am, the clock on the Sun would show an earlier time, specifically 7:42 am (i.e., 8 minutes earlier than the time on Earth).

Answer 5

Well, if you're asking about what would happen if you placed a clock on the Sun and one on Earth and synchronized them to read the same time, and then observed them from Earth, you would notice that the clock on the Sun would appear to be running slower than the clock on Earth. This is because time actually passes more slowly in a stronger gravitational field, and the Sun's gravity is stronger than Earth's. So even though the clocks were initially synchronized, the clock on the Sun would fall behind the clock on Earth. However, the difference in time would be very small – just a few billionths of a second – so you wouldn't be able to see the difference with the naked eye.

Answer 6

The time difference between the Earth and the Sun is approximately 8 minutes and 20 seconds. Therefore, if the Earth's clock reads 7:50, the Sun's clock would read 7:58:20. This is because it takes light from the Sun 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach the Earth.

Answer 7

The sun does not have a fixed "time" as it rotates on its axis and has no clear landmarks to measure time by. Additionally, the Earth's rotation and orbit are constantly changing, so any measurement of time on Earth would not be consistent with time on the sun.

Comments

The sense of question is not like that .The idea of the question mainly lies on the apparent visual effect of light due to remoteness of the sun.

Answer 8

It's not possible to determine the time on the sun based on the position of a clock on Earth. The sun does not have a fixed "time" as it rotates on its axis and has no clear landmarks to measure time by.