Pearson Etext Essential Cosmic Perspective -- Access Card (8th Edition)
Pearson Etext Essential Cosmic Perspective -- Access Card (8th Edition)
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780134873824
Author: Jeffrey O. Bennett, Megan O. Donahue, Nicholas Schneider, Mark Voit
Publisher: PEARSON
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About how far away from Earth would the Sun be located on this scale?

a. 3.75 meters (about 12 feet)

b. 37.5 meters (about the height of a 12-story building)

c. 375 meters (about the length of four football fields)

d. 37.5 kilometers (the size of a large city)

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