• Question: how far is the sun away from earth?

    Asked by edward1995 to Emma, James, Jayne, Kara, Sharon on 16 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Sharon Sneddon

      Sharon Sneddon answered on 14 Mar 2011:

      Hi Edward,
      I had to look this one up as I didn’t exactly know but it is
      149,597,900 km from the earth, which is approx 93 million miles. So quite far!
      If you are interested in finding out more, look at this website!

      http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Sun

    • Photo: Emma King

      Emma King answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      About 93million miles according to the internet!

    • Photo: Jayne Charnock

      Jayne Charnock answered on 16 Mar 2011:

      Hi edward1995

      Its not my area of expertise but i believe it depends on when during the year:

      The average distance (the mean distance) between the Earth and the Sun is about 150 million kilometers (93 million miles). But during aphelion (when the Earth is the farthest from the Sun) occurs around the first week of July. The distance is about 152 million km (94.4 million miles).

      During perihelion (when the Earth is closest to the Sun) occurs in the first week of January, the distance is about 147 million km (91.3 million miles).

      Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_far_is_Earth_from_the_Sun#ixzz1Glssxzx7

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