The table shows properties of some planets in the solar system.

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The table shows properties of some planets in the solar system.

Property Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Neptune
Average Distance from the Sun (AU) 0.72 1.0 1.5 5.2 9.5 30
Length of Year (Earth years) 0.62 1.0 1.9 11.9 29.4 164.8
Time for One Rotation (Earth days) 243 1.0 1.03 0.41 0.44 0.67
Mass (compared to Earth) 0.80 1.0 0.1 318 95 17
Surface Gravity (compared to Earth) 0.90 1.0 0.38 2.53 1.06 1.14
Size (compared to Earth) 0.94 1.0 0.53 11.0 9.1 3.9
Average Surface Temperature (ºC) 462 14 –62 –145 –140 –214
Number of Moons 0 1 2 79 82 14
The planet Uranus is between Saturn and Neptune. What is a reasonable estimate for the distance, in AU, from Uranus to the sun?

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32
32

20
20

4
4

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Answer 1

Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
1 hour ago

To estimate the average distance from the Sun for Uranus, we can look at the distances of Saturn and Neptune, which are 9.5 AU and 30 AU, respectively. Since Uranus is between Saturn and Neptune, we can take an average of these two distances to get a reasonable estimate.

Calculating the average:

\[ \text{Average distance} = \frac{9.5 + 30}{2} = \frac{39.5}{2} = 19.75 \text{ AU} \]

Since 19.75 is close to 20 AU, the most reasonable estimate from the given options for the distance from Uranus to the Sun is:

20 AU