How many yard is earth away from the sun?

Answer 1

NASA considers people to be astronauts once they've traveled higher than 80 km (50 miles). The earth's atmosphere officially ends at approximately 800 km (500 miles) but shuttles and the northern lights have been seen at altitudes of around 690 km (431 miles).

Various agencies have designated lower altitudes for the beginning of space. The Federation Aeronautique Internationale has established the Karman line at an altitude of 100 km (62 miles).

The reality is that there is no clear boundary between the Earth and outer space.

I am not no NASA but I would say around 20Miles up from Ground we would be in Space, it kind of hard to believe but if you think a plane climbs around 1mile, -50 degrees, and you travel up another 19 miles you would be in no gravity Zone with no air, so to me that's the point of Space.

If I am wrong then I can live with that, but it would be good to get exact zone and degrees.

As for shuttles and northern lights, well they are both seen at low altitudes, however you can see satellites very clearly from you own back garden on clear night. So space and orbit can not be that far as its only approx 250klm above ground level which you can see the Space station very clear.

Answer 2

If you mean the International Space Station, 220 miles, or 350 kilometers. I f you mean space, that has been defined in many ways, 60 miles, 62 miles, 80 miles, 100 miles. For that answer you need to specify what you really need to know. Like where is there no more air, what is the International definition of the beginning of space. At what altitude has a person considered to have been in outer space?

Answer 3

There's no clear physical boundary; the generally accepted value is 100 kilometers. The US, for example, awards Astronaut's Badges to its military personnel (and civilians, such as the science specialists on shuttle missions) who travel to that altitude or higher.

Answer 4

If you're willing to consider the beginning of 'space' to be the distance from earth where there's no longer
enough air pressure for a person to breathe, then space is every place that's more than about 6 or 7 miles
out and away from the surface of the earth.

By that definition, the top of Mt. Everest is almost in 'space'.

Answer 5

The US Air Force awards Astronaut wings to anyone who pilots a USAF craft above an altitude of 50 miles. Above about 100 KM in altitude (62 miles) most civil aeronautical agencies agree that there isn't enough atmosphere for controlled flight by conventional aircraft.

However, at that altitude there is MORE than enough atmosphere to drag down an orbiting satellite; you need to be above about 120 miles for atmospheric drag to be come insignificant over the short term. And even above 170 miles or so, where the International Space Station orbits, the crew needs to perform occasional thruster burns to keep the station in a LONG-TERM stable orbit.

However, the atmosphere never COMPLETELY disappears; it merely becomes too thin to slow down a satellite above about 120 miles.

Answer 6

The pull of Earth's gravity extends into outer space. The further away from Earth, the lower the affect of Earth's gravity, but gravity does not end at any particular point - it just sort of fades to immeasurable.

Answer 7

First, you have to decide where space starts. One possibility might be to say that space

starts where the air is thin enough so that an artificial satellite could do an orbit without

getting dragged down. NASA's mission control uses 76 miles (122 km) as their re-entry

altitude. That's where atmospheric drag becomes noticeable, and it's where Shuttles

switch between thrusters and aerodynamic surfaces for steering.

-- The International Aeronautical Federation has established 62 miles (100 km) as the

boundary between aeronautics and astronautics.

-- The USA designates people who travel above an altitude of 50 miles as 'Astronauts'.

Answer 8

About 491 billion feet. unless counting on miles which is 2.5.

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Alternative answer, for those who think alternatively:

Currently, whenever the International Space Station is in that portion

of its orbit, it places 12 feet between the Earth and sun. (However, the

complement of crew is variable.)

Answer 9

NASA considers people to be astronauts once they've traveled higher than 80 km (50 miles). The earth's atmosphere officially ends at approximately 800 km (500 miles) but shuttles and the northern lights have been seen at altitudes of around 690 km (431 miles).

Various agencies have designated lower altitudes for the beginning of space. The Federation Aeronautique Internationale has established the Karman line at an altitude of 100 km (62 miles).

The reality is that there is no clear boundary between the Earth and outer space.

I am not no NASA but I would say around 20Miles up from Ground we would be in Space, it kind of hard to believe but if you think a plane climbs around 1mile, -50 degrees, and you travel up another 19 miles you would be in no gravity Zone with no air, so to me that's the point of Space.

If I am wrong then I can live with that, but it would be good to get exact zone and degrees.

As for shuttles and northern lights, well they are both seen at low altitudes, however you can see satellites very clearly from you own back garden on clear night. So space and orbit can not be that far as its only approx 250klm above ground level which you can see the Space station very clear.

Answer 10

I do not know the exact amount of feet but Earth is 8.3 light minutes from the sun, 1 astronomical unit from the sun and 18,000 kilometers from the sun.