No, because the sun is rarely exactly 93 million miles away, due to the earths orbit not being exactly circular, the distance to the sun varies from 91 million miles at it’s closest to 94.5 million miles at it’s furthest.

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The average distance between the Earth and the Sun is 92,955,807 miles (149,597,870 km). Most people just round it up to 93 million miles. This distance is called an astronomical unit or AU and is used to measure and compare other distances in space.

By measuring the time taken for the radar echo to come back, the distance can be calculated, since radio waves travel at the speed of light. Once this Earth-Venus distance is known, the distance between Earth and the Sun can be calculated.

When the moon is exactly half in shadow the angle between Earth, moon and sun will be 90 degrees. Measure the angle to the sun and you then have a right angle triangle with another known angle. Simple trigonometry gives the length of the hypotenuse, this is the distance to the sun.

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On average, the sun is 93 million miles from the earth. It would take 1,430,769 hours to drive there at 65 miles per hour. It would take 59,615 days to drive there at 65 miles per hour. It would take 163 years to drive there.

Our solar system is so big it is almost impossible to imagine its size if you use ordinary units like feet or miles. The distance from Earth to the Sun is 93 million miles (149 million kilometers), but the distance to the farthest planet Neptune is nearly 3 billion miles (4.5 billion kilometers).

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You may be looking for the musical. 93 Million Miles in a Balloon is an old novel that is no longer in publication. It features the fictional explorations of a hot air balloon explorer, Dr. Gustavius Boles, and his stowaway, the young Lord Caleb Trimingham.

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and by far the largest within the solar system. Jupiter is usually the fourth brightest object in the sky (after the Sun, the Moon and Venus); however at times Mars appears brighter than Jupiter.

The Moon Distance from Earth The distance of The Moon from Earth is currently 371,135 kilometers, equivalent to 0.002481 Astronomical Units.

March full moon 2021: Catch the big ‘Worm Moon’ (and 1st ‘supermoon’ of the year) on Sunday. The full moon of March, called the Worm Moon, will occur on Sunday (March 28), at 2:48 p.m. EDT (1817 GMT). Two days later, the moon will reach perigee, the nearest point to Earth in its orbit.

When the moon is completely covered by Earth’s shadow it will darken, but doesn’t go completely black. Instead, it takes on a red color, which is why total lunar eclipses are sometimes called red or blood moons. Sunlight contains all colors of visible light.

A “blood moon” happens when Earth’s moon is in a total lunar eclipse. While it has no special astronomical significance, the view in the sky is striking as the usually whiteish moon becomes red or ruddy-brown.

Blue-colored moons are rare – aren’t necessarily full – and happen when Earth’s atmosphere contains dust or smoke particles of a certain size, slightly wider than 900 nanometers. Particles of this size are very efficient at scattering red light.

Blue moons are relatively rare as well, occurring on average just once every 2.5 years or so.