What are the units for messuring the distance from the Earth to another planet, moon, or sun?
2006-10-31 07:26:40 · 3 answers · asked by answers4evry1 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
A solar unit is equal to 93,000,000 miles (150,000,000 KM) and is also refered to as an Astronomical Unit (AU)
2006-10-31 13:50:15 · answer #1 · answered by Tristan B 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Solar Units
2016-11-12 08:49:07 · answer #2 · answered by pugliese 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A solar unit is the distance between the earth and the sun. Often the orbits of other planets are described in that unit since it is easier to conceptualize than 10's of thousands of kilometers.
As a general rule, the distance between the sun and the planets doubles for each planet (except consider the asteroid belt as a planet to estimate jupiter's orbit - ?maybe the asteroid belt once was a planet???) So, Venus would be about 1/2 solar unit from the sun, mecury 1/4, mars2, jupiter not 4 but 8, saturn 16 etc..
2006-10-31 08:43:05 · answer #3 · answered by Leonardo D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 solar mass (..'unit'..) = 1.98892 × 10³º kilograms (rounded off to1.2 x 10³º kg) not 2 x 10³º kg nor 2 x 10²º. Try that value for your ' solar unit '
2016-03-14 22:30:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋