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Astronomical unit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An astronomical unit (abbreviated as AU , au , a.u. , or sometimes ua ) is a unit of length roughly equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun. It is approximately 150 million ...
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The distance between the Earth and the Sun is about 150 million km (see question 347). 150 million km divided by 100 km/h is (150/100) million hours = 1.5 million hours = 1,500,000 hours. One day is 24 hours, so 1,500,000 hours = 1,500,000/24 = 62,500 days.
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Using thermodynamic arguments and building a free energy curve, one can show that some fraction of a diamond must decay to graphite in order to achieve a minimum energy state. ... The very thing that makes this so interesting is that "the modulations are synchronised with each other and with Earth's distance from the sun." To me,
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The average distance from the Earth to the Sun. One AU = 93 million miles or 149
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Distance from the earth to the sun is about 93,000,000 miles. The speed of light is about 186,000 miles/second. That works out to 500 seconds, or 8 minutes, 20 seconds. ... That's a very deep question and one that deserves a deep answer. Perhaps a better way to state the question for the simple mind is "What propels...
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