Question

Planets average distance from the sun

Answer 1

Choose two of the distances of planets from the sun and multiply them. Show your work.

Answer 2

The average distances of the planets from the Sun are typically expressed in astronomical units (AU), where 1 AU is the average distance from the Earth to the Sun, approximately 93 million miles (about 150 million kilometers). Here is a list of the average distances of each planet in the solar system from the Sun:

1. **Mercury**: ~0.39 AU (approximately 36 million miles or 58 million kilometers)
2. **Venus**: ~0.72 AU (approximately 67 million miles or 108 million kilometers)
3. **Earth**: 1 AU (approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers)
4. **Mars**: ~1.52 AU (approximately 142 million miles or 228 million kilometers)
5. **Jupiter**: ~5.20 AU (approximately 484 million miles or 778 million kilometers)
6. **Saturn**: ~9.58 AU (approximately 887 million miles or 1.43 billion kilometers)
7. **Uranus**: ~19.22 AU (approximately 1.8 billion miles or 2.88 billion kilometers)
8. **Neptune**: ~30.07 AU (approximately 2.8 billion miles or 4.5 billion kilometers)

These values can vary slightly due to the elliptical orbits of the planets.

Answer 3

Let's multiply the average distances of **Earth** and **Mars** from the Sun.

- **Distance of Earth from the Sun**: 1 AU
- **Distance of Mars from the Sun**: 1.52 AU

To multiply these two distances, we simply do the following calculation:

\[
\text{Distance from Earth} \times \text{Distance from Mars} = 1 \, \text{AU} \times 1.52 \, \text{AU}
\]

Now performing the multiplication:

\[
1 \times 1.52 = 1.52
\]

Thus, the product of the average distances of Earth and Mars from the Sun is:

\[
\text{Result} = 1.52 \, \text{AU}^2
\]

So, the result of multiplying the distances of Earth and Mars from the Sun is \(1.52 \, \text{AU}^2\).