Question

Once juno reaches jupiter, what is the minimum amount of time it takes for the transmitted signals to travel from the spacecraft to earth?

Answer 1

speed of light = juno to earth/time

time= juno/3x10^8. if dist in metres answer is in seconds.

probably not long

Answer 2

In very very very round figures . . .

-- Jupiter is about 5.2 times as far from the sun as the earth is.

-- So when Jupiter and the EARTH are aligned in both orbits, Jupiter is about

(4.2) x (150 million kilometers) = 630 million kilometers

Time = (distance) / (speed)

The speed of light and radio is 300,000 km/second

Time = (630 million / 300 thousand)

Time = 2,100 seconds

That's 35 minutes.