2007-04-22 08:11:02 · 19 answers · asked by Valerie M 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
1 AU (astronomical unit) hope that helps
2007-04-22 08:13:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
apparently the sun's 93 million miles away...and just to give you an idea how far that is, the speed of light, is measured at 1860000 miles per second, can travel around the world twice a second. You seen the movie superman, well it looks like he's travelling close to light speed or beyond it. and light to get from the sun to us takes 8 minutes so 8 minutes 8 x 60 seconds of travelling at that speed(twice around the earth every second)
2007-04-22 08:35:16 · answer #2 · answered by mrbragg2k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earth is 93.2 million miles [1 AU(1 Astronomical Unit)] from the Sun.
2007-04-22 09:55:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. It would take an airliner 12 years to travel the 93 million miles to the Sun.
2007-04-22 08:37:52 · answer #4 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An average of 93 million miles or about 81/3 light minutes
2007-04-22 08:30:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sun: Facts & Figures
Discovered By
Known by the Ancients
Date of Discovery
Unknown
Equatorial Radius
Metric: 695,500 km
English: 432,200 miles
Scientific Notation: 6.955 x 105 km
By Comparison: 109 x that of Earth
Equatorial Circumference
Metric: 4,379,000 km
English: 2,715,000 miles
Scientific Notation: 4.36 x 106 km
By Comparison: 109 x that of Earth
Volume
Metric: 1,142,200,000,000,000,000 km3
English: 2.7403 x 1017 mi3
Scientific Notation: 1.1422 x 1018 km3
By Comparison: 1,300,000 Earths
Mass
Metric: 1,989,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg
English: 4,385,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 lbs
Scientific Notation: 1.989 x 1030 kg
By Comparison: 332,900 x Earth's
Density
Metric: 1.409 g/cm3
By Comparison: 0.255 that of Earth
Surface Area
Metric: 6,087,799,000,000 km2
English: 2,347,000,000,000 square miles
Scientific Notation: 6.0877 x 1012 km2
By Comparison: 11,990 Earths
Equatorial Surface Gravity
Metric: 274.0 m/s2
English: 899.0 ft/s2
Scientific Notation: 2.740 x 102 m/s2
By Comparison: 28 x Earth's surface gravity
Escape Velocity
Metric: 2,223,720 km/h
English: 1,381,760 mph
Scientific Notation: 6.177 x 105 m/s
By Comparison: 55 x Earth
Sidereal Rotation Period (Length of Day)
25.38 Earth days
609.12 hours
Minimum/Maximum Surface Temperature
Metric: 5,500 °C
English: 10,000 °F
Effective Temperature
Metric: 5504 °C
English: 9939 °F
Scientific Notation: 5777 K
Additional Information:
Spectral Type: G2 V Luminosity: 3.83 x 10 33 ergs/sec.
Age: 4.6 Billion Years
Composition: 92.1% Hydrogen, 7.8%Helium
Synodic Period: 27.2753 days
Rotation Period at Equator: 26.8 days
Rotation Period at Poles: 36 days
Velocity Relative to Near Stars: 19.7 km/s
Mean Distance to Earth: 149.60 million km (92.96 million mi) (1 astronomical unit)
Solar Constant (Total Solar Irradiance): 1.365 - 1.369 kW/m2
(at the mean distance of the earth from the Sun, about one AU)
2007-04-25 17:39:08 · answer #6 · answered by gika 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 93 million miles away, but of course that only an estimate since no one actually travelled to the sun!
2007-04-22 09:13:35 · answer #7 · answered by Perkiepy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
93,000,000 million miles from earth...can be calulated since speed of light velocity is 180,000 feet per sec , and it takes something like 8 1/2 minutes for the suns light to reach the earth.
2007-04-22 09:01:24 · answer #8 · answered by David B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The earth is approximately 93.2 million miles from the sun. This varies a bit from season to season. For more information see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth#Orbit_and_rotation
Good Luck!!!
2007-04-22 08:16:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
the average distance is 93,000,000 miles. It is closer in the winter (91,500,000 miles) and farther in the summer (94,500,000 miles). It will still be the same distance when you are a 6th grader.
2007-04-22 08:15:56 · answer #10 · answered by bombaybubba 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Listen to the song Sun by They Might Be Giants...
2007-04-22 08:18:36 · answer #11 · answered by Paul B 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋