• mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          13 days ago

          Fraction of a second for transmitting information from one side of earth to other side. And teacher only said 8 minutes and the seconds are ommitted as there is always an error margin since distance from sun is not constant.

          Also i assume signals are always sent from other side of the earth