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The average distance of a planet to the sun is the Semi-major axis. The furthest it gets is the Aphelion and the closest it gets is its Perihelion. The Sun to Earth Distance is also known as one Astronomical Unit (AU).

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It's called minimum distance between the Sun and Earth.

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The average distance is approximately 150 million kilometers. This distance is known as the astronomical unit.

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Astronomical unit.

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An astronomical unit or AU

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It is called the Astronomical Unit (AU).

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What is the distance of the sun called?

I think you mean the distance from the Earth to the Sun. This distance is measured in Astronomical Units (AU)


When the earth is at the maximum distance from the sun it is called?

Aphelion.


The minimum distance between the earth and sun occurs in January and is called the?

The point in earth's orbit where it is closest to the sun is called "perihelion".


How far is the earths moon from mercury?

Varying from the the distance from the Earth to the Moon + the distance from the sun to the earth + the distance from mercury to the sun, to the distance from the earth to the sun - the distance from mercury to the sun - the distance from the earth to the moon


What is an earth sun distance called?

An astronomical unit or AU


Is the distance from the sun to the earth 1 light year?

No. A light year is the distance light travels in a year. By comparison, the sun is about 8 light minutes from Earth. This distance from Earth to the sun is called 1 astronomical unit or 1 AU.


What is The average distance between the sun and Earth is called?

Astronomical unit.


Distance from the earth?

distance earth from the sun


Distance from the sun in feet?

The distance from the earth to the sun is called an astronomical unit. 1 Astronomical Unit = 4.90807087 × 1011 feet


Earth and sun distance?

The distance from Sun to Earth is about 150 million kilometers.


The sun earth aphelion occurs when?

The Earth reaches its furthest distance to the Sun, called aphelion, about July 4th each year.


What planet's distance from the sun is about 72 percent of the distance from the sun to the earth?

The distance between the Sun and the Earth is 1 AU (149.597 m km / 93 m miles) whereas the distance between the Sun and Venus is at an average of 0.723 AU (108. 200 m km / 67.625 m miles). So it can be called 72% of the Sun-Earth distance.