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[–] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 3 months ago (27 children)

Now I am curious, somebody explain. if it just stopped burning, would we know after 8 mins, if we lived on the opposite side?

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 3 months ago (14 children)

Moon would "disappear" when it no longer reflected Sun's light.

It would also start getting very cold fast

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Does heat travel at the speed of light? I just realized I have no idea how the heat from the sun travels to earth.

[–] emuspawn@orbiting.observer 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

When there is a total solar eclipse, the temperature does drop dramatically. But it might not be detectable on the other side right away for sure.

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

It does! And if you're in a place where night animals are noisy, they get noisy for the length of "dusk", totality, and "dawn"!

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