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Are the planets really lined up as we have them in this model? (Model is the image attatched). What is the minimum possible distance in AU between Mars and Earth? What is the maximum possible distance in AU between Mars and Eath? Show your work if possible. Thanks so much :)

Are the planets really lined up as we have them in this model? (Model is the image attatched). What is the minimum possible distance in AU between Mars and Earth? What is the maximum possible distance in AU between Mars and Eath? Show your work if possible. Thanks so much :)

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections
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Are the planets really lined up as we have them in this model? (Model is the image attatched). What is the minimum possible distance in AU between Mars and Earth? What is the maximum possible distance in AU between Mars and Eath? Show your work if possible. Thanks so much :)

Object Distance from Sun kilometers A. U. Light Scale Distance: travel 1 A.U.= 10 cm time(min) 5.80 х 107 1.08 x 108 1.50 x 108 2.24 x 10^8 Mercury 0.40 3.32 min 4 Venus 0.72 5.98 min 7.2 Earth 1.00 8.3 min 10 Mars 1.5 12.45 min 15 Ceres (asteroid) | 4.19 x 10$ Jupiter 2.8 23.24 min 28 7.78 x 108 5.2 43.16 min 52 Saturn 1.42 x 10^9 9.51 78.93 min 95.1 Uranus 2.86 x 10^9 19.1 158.53 min 191 4.50 x 10° 249.83 min Neptune Halley's comet 4.98 x 10^9 Pluto 30.1 301 33.3 276.39 min 333 5.90 x 10° 2.15 x 1010 39.44 327.35 min 394.4 Voyager 1 Alpha Centauri | 4.13 x 1013 | 275466 |2,286,368 min 143 1,187min 1,430 2,754,660
Transcribed Image Text:Object Distance from Sun kilometers A. U. Light Scale Distance: travel 1 A.U.= 10 cm time(min) 5.80 х 107 1.08 x 108 1.50 x 108 2.24 x 10^8 Mercury 0.40 3.32 min 4 Venus 0.72 5.98 min 7.2 Earth 1.00 8.3 min 10 Mars 1.5 12.45 min 15 Ceres (asteroid) | 4.19 x 10$ Jupiter 2.8 23.24 min 28 7.78 x 108 5.2 43.16 min 52 Saturn 1.42 x 10^9 9.51 78.93 min 95.1 Uranus 2.86 x 10^9 19.1 158.53 min 191 4.50 x 10° 249.83 min Neptune Halley's comet 4.98 x 10^9 Pluto 30.1 301 33.3 276.39 min 333 5.90 x 10° 2.15 x 1010 39.44 327.35 min 394.4 Voyager 1 Alpha Centauri | 4.13 x 1013 | 275466 |2,286,368 min 143 1,187min 1,430 2,754,660
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