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kilometers but you would have to be an astronote to do that
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Why do scientists use light-years and astronomical units?
meters, feet, and even miles are way too small to measure distances in space. astronomical units are mostly used to measure distances in our solar system. light years are used to measure the distances of things further away from our solar system.
How do you use the solar system in a sentence?
Today we had to turn our projects in about the 3d solar system.
Are kilometers the most useful unit of measure when discussing objects in our solar sysytem?
You can use kilometers if you like. On the other hand, distances within the Solar System are often quoted in AU (astronomical units), where 1 astronomical unit is the distance from Sun to Earth. Such distances are easier to visualize.
Why do scientists use light minutes and light hours instead of light years to measure distances with your solar systeam?
Objects in the solar system are much smaller than a light year. Light takes only minutes or hours to pass from one planet to another. To measure interplanetary distances in light years would be like measuring the sizes of insects in miles. Usually, though, rather than light hours and light minutes, distances in the solar system are measured in Astronomical Units (AU), which is average distance between Earth and the sun, about eight light minutes.
How do you use gas giants in a sentence?
The planet Saturn is one of many gas giants in our solar system.
In the metric system what would you use to measure the width of a piece of paper?
cm
What do you use to measure the passage of time in terms of the patterns of your solar system?
ASTROLABE
What would you use to measure the width of your classroom?
METERS!!!The unit of measurement you would use to measure the width of your classroom is meters.
Why do you not use light year inside of solar system?
For the same reason you wouldn't use a ruler to measure a paramecium. A lightyear is the distance that light travels in a year, about 6,000,000,000,000 miles. The reason it isn't used inside of our solar system is, simply, because the solar system isn't that big.
What do you use to measure the width of a dime?
centimeter?
Which unit of measure would you use to measure the width of a clipboard?
Centimetre.
What unit of measure would you use to measure width an insect?
Parsecs
Why do scientists use light-years and astronomical units?
meters, feet, and even miles are way too small to measure distances in space. astronomical units are mostly used to measure distances in our solar system. light years are used to measure the distances of things further away from our solar system.
What should you use to measure the width of an American football field?
A tape measure.
How do you measure the width of a triangle?
If you don't have enough other information about the triangle to allow you to calculate the width, then you have to use a ruler or a tape measure.
What would you use to measure the width of a state?
a ruler
What measurement you use to measure the width of a table?
inches
