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Last Post 2/28/2007 12:41 PM by  Mandy Hagenaar
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2/28/2007 10:57 AM
    Do you think that it will ever be possible to visit the Sun sometime in the future? Shay S

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    2/28/2007 12:41 PM
    Hi Shay,

    Absolutely not, for several reasons:
    First, it is too far away: 92 million miles on average. The fastest thing we know is light, traveling at 182,282 miles per second. Light takes 8.3 minutes to get from the Sun to the Earth.
    Second, in order to get to the surface of the Sun, you first have to pass the corona, which is millions of degrees hot. Nothing could travel through that hot layer.


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