SOLAR SYSTEM

UNIVERSE

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What distance from the sun is the inner edge?
A
30 AU
B
100 AU
C
4 gallons
D
55 AU
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Kuiper belt (/ˈkaɪpər/) is a circumstellar disc in the outer Solar System, extending from the orbit of Neptune at 30 astronomical units (AU) to approximately 50 AU from the Sun.

Detailed explanation-2: -The inner edge of the main part of the Oort Cloud could be as close as 1, 000 AU from our sun. The outer edge is estimated to be around 100, 000 AU.

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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Size and Distance From an average distance of 36 million miles (58 million kilometers), Mercury is 0.4 astronomical units away from the Sun. One astronomical unit (abbreviated as AU), is the distance from the Sun to Earth.

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