on my science paper it says how far is the earth from the sun in ams... whats ams??
cos every site i go to asks "did you mean arms??"
so help me please????
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2007-10-25 14:31:48 · 4 answers · asked by HalieeBoBaliee. 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Are you sure its not a typo? There's something called AU, which means astronomical units. One AU is the distance from Earth to the Sun.
AMS can mean antenna measurement system....but I don't think that's applicable.
***I don't think its angstroms either. That's an incredibly small unit of measurement and is not practical for measuring such a great distance.
2007-10-25 14:37:18 · answer #1 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun is one au (astronomical unit) from the Earth by definition.
Perhaps the question was aus - in cursive could look like ams.
2007-10-25 21:38:38 · answer #2 · answered by Rob Schultz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe ams means angstroms. An angstrom is equal to roughly 1/10th of a nanometer.
2007-10-25 21:39:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What kind of measurements were you discussing in the class?
2007-10-25 22:22:58 · answer #4 · answered by B. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋