HOW DOES THE DISTANCE BETWEEN EARTH AND THE SUN COMPARE TO THE DISTANCES BETWEEN EARTH AND NEARBY STARS AND GALAXIES?

2 answers:

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The distance between Earth and Sun is about 0.0000038 times
the distance to the next nearest star.

(The next nearest star is about 265,300 times as far from us as
the sun is.)

The distance between Earth and Sun is about 0.000000000000000000068
times the distance to the next nearest galaxy.

(The next nearest galaxy is about 14,700,000,000,000,000,000 times
as far from us as the sun is.)

Karo-lina-s [1.5K]4 years ago

5 0

Okay the Earth-Sun distance is referred to by Astronomers as an "Astronomical Unit" - or AU for short.

Distance from Earth to Sun = 1 astronomical unit (AU)
Distance from Earth to nearest star = 265,000 AU 
Distance from Earth to center of Milky Way galaxy = 1,580,000,000 AU 
Distance from Earth to next big galaxy (Andromeda) = 1000 times farther away than center of Milky Way 
Distance to farthest galaxy = 5400 times farther away than Andromeda

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