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Using keplers 3rd law, determine the distance between the earth and the sun

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the Earth is about 147.5 million kilometers from the sun. Fun fact: every planet can fit in the distance between the Earth and Moon
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Answer:

93.615 million or more

Step-by-step explanation:

The Sun is about 93 million miles from Earth to calculate the distance to a star, astronomers observe it from different places along Earth's orbit around the Sun.

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