Question: The nearest stars to the Sun are in the Alpha Centauri multiple-star system, about 4.0 x 1013 km away. If the Sun, with a diameter

The nearest stars to the Sun are in the Alpha Centauri multiple-star system, about 4.0 x 1013 km away. If the Sun, with a diameter of 1.4 x 109 m, and Alpha Centauri a are both represented by cherry pits 7.0 mm in diameter, how far apart should the pits be placed to represent the Sun and its neighbor to scale?

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