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    The Sun, the closest of all stars to the Earth, is 150 million kilometres away. What is this distance known as?

    Question #49794. Asked by badmztaz. (Jul 28 04 4:51 AM)


    shady shaker

    		The Astronomical unit (A.U.) is the name given to the mean distance from Earth to Sun. (Time Almanac 2000, p.430)

    Jul 28 04, 5:34 AM
    peasypod

    		Actually it is 8.317 light minutes.
    http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/a/astronomical-unit.htm

    Jul 28 04, 6:07 PM

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