what you have learned. 1.) The second brightest star in the sky (after Sirius) is Canopus. This yellow-white supergiant is about 1.13616 x 1016 kilometers away. How far away is it in light years? 28.1 84 Regulus (one of the stars in the constellation Leo the Lion) is about 350 times hrighter than the light

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Solve each problem using what you have learned.
7.
The second brightest star in the sky (after Sirius) is Canopus. This yellow-white supergiant is about
1.13616 x 1016 kilometers away. How far away is it in light years?
28.1
8* Regulus (one of the stars in the constellation Leo the Lion) is about 350 times brighter than the sun. It is 85
light years away from the earth. How far is this in kilometers?
9. The distance from earth to Pluto is about 28.61 AU from the earth. Remember that an AU = 1.496 x 108 km.
How many kilometers is it from Pluto to the earth?
10. If you were to travel in a straight line from Los Angeles to New York City, you would travel 3,940
kilometers. How far is this in AU's?
11. Challenge: How many AU's are equivalent to one light year?
Transcribed Image Text:Page 2 of 2 CONTENT Solve each problem using what you have learned. 7. The second brightest star in the sky (after Sirius) is Canopus. This yellow-white supergiant is about 1.13616 x 1016 kilometers away. How far away is it in light years? 28.1 8* Regulus (one of the stars in the constellation Leo the Lion) is about 350 times brighter than the sun. It is 85 light years away from the earth. How far is this in kilometers? 9. The distance from earth to Pluto is about 28.61 AU from the earth. Remember that an AU = 1.496 x 108 km. How many kilometers is it from Pluto to the earth? 10. If you were to travel in a straight line from Los Angeles to New York City, you would travel 3,940 kilometers. How far is this in AU's? 11. Challenge: How many AU's are equivalent to one light year?
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         Distance of the star = 1.13616×1016 km

                  1 light year is = 9.461×1012 km

 

 

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