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SOLAR SYSTEM
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Question
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If Earth is 1 AU away from the sun, and Neptune is 30 AU away from the sun, what does this mean?
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Neptune is 30 years older than the Earth
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Neptune is 30 times larger than Earth
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Neptune is 30 times farther away from the sun than the Earth
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -From an average distance of 2.8 billion miles (4.5 billion kilometers), Neptune is 30 astronomical units away from the Sun. One astronomical unit (abbreviated as AU), is the distance from the Sun to Earth. From this distance, it takes sunlight 4 hours to travel from the Sun to Neptune.
Detailed explanation-2: -The average distance from Neptune to Earth is 2.703 billion miles or 29.09 AUs.
Detailed explanation-3: -As noted earlier, Earth’s average distance to the Sun is about 93 million miles (150 million kilometers) from the Sun. That’s 1 AU.
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