1. home
  2. Physics
  3. Mechanics
  4. The nearest stars to the Sun

The nearest stars to the Sun

Still can't find your 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 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?

Students also viewed these Mechanics questions


The diameter of our disk-shaped galaxy, the Milky Way, is about 1.0 x 105...... ... Way, is about 2.0 million Ly. If a scale model represents the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies as dinner plates 25 cm in diameter, determine the...
An automobile tire is rated to last for 50 000 miles. To an order of magnitude, through how many revolutions will it turn? In your solution state the quantities you measure or estimate and the values you take for them.
The radius of a circle is measured to be (10.5 ± 0.2) m. Calculate the (a) Area and (b) Circumference of the circle and give the uncertainty in each value.
For many electronic applications, such as in computer chips, it is...... ... cubical volume in the film that is equal to the volume it occupies in a large piece of metal. This geometric model yields a result of the correct order...
One cubic centimeter of water has a mass of 1.00 x 10-3 kg. (a) Determine...... ... human kidney, and a fly. Model the kidney as a sphere with a radius of 4.0 cm and the fly as a cylinder 4.0 mm long and 2.0 mm in

Members

  • Access to 1 Million+ Textbook solutions
  • Ask any question from 24/7 available
    Tutors
$9.99
VIEW SOLUTION
Already member? Sign In
OR

Non-Members

  • Access to 1 Textbook solution only
$1.99
Copyright © 2019 SolutionInn All Rights Reserved