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2024-03-02 01:22:20 UTC - HELPFUL
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It has been proven that the sun is 93 million miles away as early as 250BC, by astronomer Aristarchus. https://iopscience.iop.org/book/mono/978-0-7503-3691-8/chapter/bk978-0-7503-3691-8ch1 The use of the equation of motion (S = V.t.) can also be used to calculate the suns distance. https://socratic.org/questions/what-equation-do-astronomers-use-to-calculate-the-sun-earth-distance#:~:text=The%20Easiest%20way%20to%20get,these%20in%20the%20distance%20equation.
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