At its closest point, Mercury is approximately 46 million kilometers from the sun. What is this distance in AU?

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This problem can be solved using the following relation: 1 kilometer = 6.6846e-9 AU. Since we are already given the number of kilometers, we simply have to multiply it to its equivalent in AU to solve for the equivalent distance. This is done below:

46 000 000 * 6.6846e-9 = 0.3 AU

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