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Does anyone else find this scary yet cool at the same time?:uhh:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:cyrusabdollahi said:They should have wrote, "<------you are here!"
Astronuc said:That close to the sun, the Earth should be yellow like the sun.
Infathomable!neutrino said:Now, that's insignificant!
Cheater! Theoretical constructs not allowed. Besides, hmmmm...it only looks about as big as Betelgeuse, wot?J77 said:http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3456/500000kmppdysonsphereif1.gif [Broken]
Dyson sphere - 200 000 000 km diameter
yomamma said:
Does anyone else find this scary yet cool at the same time?:uhh:
The average distance between the Earth and the Sun is about 93 million miles (149.6 million kilometers). This distance is known as 1 astronomical unit (AU).
The Sun is much larger than the Earth, with a diameter of about 864,000 miles (1.4 million kilometers). This is about 109 times the diameter of the Earth.
The distance between the Earth and the Sun plays a significant role in the Earth's climate. The Earth's orbit around the Sun, combined with its tilted axis, creates seasons and regulates the amount of solar energy received by the Earth.
No, the distance between the Earth and the Sun is not constant. The Earth's orbit around the Sun is not a perfect circle, so the distance between the two varies throughout the year. This is why we experience seasons.
Scientists use a method called triangulation, which involves measuring the angle between the Earth, the Sun, and a distant object. This, combined with the known distance between the Earth and the object, allows scientists to calculate the distance between the Earth and the Sun.