2007-07-05 05:38:29 · 18 answers · asked by Malcolm M 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
93 million miles
2007-07-05 05:40:53 · answer #1 · answered by IDK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Google it!
How far does light travel in one second ? 300 000 kilometers, which equals seven times around the Earth.
Let's call this distance one light second. We can use this as a ruler to measure distances in space. Beyond the Sun and its planets we need a longer ruler, which is the distance light travels in one year. This is called a light year - it is 32 million times longer than a light second. Multiplying a light second by the number of seconds in a year, we can answer the question:
How far is a light year? 10 trillion kilometers (or more exactly, 9.5 x 1012 km).
The Earth, which is about 12000 kilometers in diameter (NASA).
The Sun and its planets
How far is the Moon from the Earth ? 1.3 light seconds.
How far is the Earth from the Sun ? 500 light seconds or 8 light minutes.
Which is the biggest of the Sun's planets ? Jupiter - it is 10 times the Earth's diameter.
What is the mass of the Earth ? 6 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 kilograms.
What is Jupiter's mass ? 300 times the mass of the Earth.
2007-07-05 05:40:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could well have asked how far away is the nearest star!
If we see the sun explodes it has already happened eight minutes before. And about thirty seconds later the sub atomic particles will hit the earth as they will travel the 93 million miles at slightly less than the speed of light.
2007-07-05 05:52:33 · answer #3 · answered by Easy Peasy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in England and right at this moment I wish it were closer. But yes approx 93 million miles or has been said about 8 light minutes. The distance around the sun traveled in a year is very roughly 600 million miles will someone get back to me on that. My e is gla46@yahoo.co.uk
2007-07-05 05:50:05 · answer #4 · answered by gla46 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nominally it is 93,000,000 (93 million) miles. But the orbit of the earth around the sun is not circular, it is elliptical. Thus in Northern Hemisphere winter, the earth is actually closer to the sun and in the NH summer it is farther away. But not by much in either case.
2007-07-05 05:44:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earth orbits the Sun at an average distance of about 150 million kilometres (93.2 million miles).
The perihelion or closest point in the earth's orbit to the sun is about 147.1 million km (91.4 million miles). This occurs in early January.
The aphelion or farthest point in the earth's orbit to the sun is about 152.1 million km (94.5 million miles). This occurs in early July. That's about now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth
2007-07-05 10:35:44 · answer #6 · answered by Northstar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
93 million miles
2007-07-05 08:10:40 · answer #7 · answered by star_prince0 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
93 million miles
2007-07-05 05:41:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The orbit is eliptical with an average distance of about 9.3x10^7 mi.
2007-07-05 06:07:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some ninety-three million miles, dude.
2007-07-05 05:44:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋