Question

One astronomical unit is a distance equal to
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(a) 9.46 × 10^15 m
(b) 1.496 × 10^11 m
(c) 3 × 10^8 m
(d) 3.08 × 10^16m

Answer 1

Answer:

d

Explanation:

astronomical unit is distance btw earth and the sun

Answer 2

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One astronomical unit is a distance equal to

(a) 9.46 × 10^15 m

(b) 1.496 × 10^11 m

(c) 3 × 10^8 m

(d) 3.08 × 10^16m

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One astronomical unit is a distance equal to (b) 1.496 × 10^11 m.

Extra information:

➜ One Astronomical unit (AU) represents the mean distance between the Earth and our sun. It is calculated by parallax method.

Parallax is the apparent shift in the position of an object with respect to another when we switch from one eye to the other.

➜ Note:

Earth is nearest to the sun in january and farthest from the sun in july. One Astronomical unit = 150 million kilometers.

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