If a coronal mass ejection occurs on the Sun that expels material at a speed of 800 km/s, how long will it take these charged particles to reach the Earth?

Name: If a coronal mass ejection occurs on the Sun that expels material at a speed of 800 km/s, how long will it take these charged particles to reach the Earth?
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The average distance from the Sun to the Earth is about 150 million kilometers. At a speed of 800 km/s, it would take approximately 2 days for the particles to travel this distance.

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