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Space is incredibly vast. To use any form of conventional measurement is to invite insanity from writing down zeroes. | |||
So the traditional measurement is in Astronomical Units or AUs. | |||
One AU is the distance of the Earth to the Sun, or 149,597,870.691 kilometers (plus/minus 0.030 km). | |||
=Distances from Earth= | |||
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Latest revision as of 23:24, 15 November 2007
Space is incredibly vast. To use any form of conventional measurement is to invite insanity from writing down zeroes.
So the traditional measurement is in Astronomical Units or AUs.
One AU is the distance of the Earth to the Sun, or 149,597,870.691 kilometers (plus/minus 0.030 km).
Distances from Earth
|
|
Nearest (km) |
Furthest (km) |
Nearest (AU) |
Furthest (AU) |
Average (AU) |
|
Asteroid Belt |
308,171,880 |
308,171,880 |
2.060 |
2.060 |
2.06 |
|
Jupiter |
588,500,000 |
968,100,000 |
3.934 |
6.471 |
5.20 |
|
Mars |
55,700,000 |
401,300,000 |
0.372 |
2.683 |
1.53 |
|
Mercury |
77,300,000 |
221,900,000 |
0.517 |
1.483 |
1.00 |
|
Moon |
363,293 |
403,897 |
0.002 |
0.003 |
0.00 |
|
Neptune |
4,305,900,000 |
4,687,300,000 |
28.783 |
31.333 |
30.06 |
|
Pluto |
4,284,700,000 |
7,528,000,000 |
28.641 |
50.322 |
39.48 |
|
Saturn |
1,195,500,000 |
1,658,500,000 |
7.991 |
11.086 |
9.54 |
|
Uranus |
2,581,900,000 |
3,157,300,000 |
17.259 |
21.105 |
19.18 |
|
Venus |
38,200,000 |
261,000,000 |
0.255 |
1.745 |
1.00 |