Visualizing the Speed of Light in the Solar System with Python

Creating simple visualization showing the time and distance of light traveling in outer space step by step

I was taught in science class that light is super fast. Its speed, in a vacuum, is approximately 3 x 10⁸ meters per second (186,282 miles per second). Light takes about 8.3 minutes to travel from the Sun to Earth. I had to remember all this information with my imagination since it is impossible to observe the …

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