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Speaking of scale, Pluto is more than 2.6 billion miles from Earth at closest approach :).
by fractaled 11y ago
Speaking of scale, Pluto is more than 2.6 billion miles from Earth at closest approach :).
- iamcreasy 11y agoTo put it into context, the closest distance between Earth and Mars is 33.9 million miles, and distance between Earth and Moon is only 238,900 miles.
- yoha 11y agoThis checks out. Closest theoretical approaches: >>> "%e" % (Pluto.orbit.periapsis - Earth.orbit.apoapsis) '4.272109e+12' >>> "%e" % (Mars.orbit.periapsis - Earth.orbit.apoapsis) '5.455552e+10' >>> "%e" % (Moon.orbit.periapsis) '3.631042e+08' >>> "%e" % Earth.radius '6.371000e+06' Earth-Pluto: 4.27 Tm = 4.27e9 km = 2.65e9 miles Earth-Mars: 54.6 Gm = 54.6e6 km = 33.9e6 miles Earth-Moon: 363 Mm = 363e3 km = 226e3 miles Earth radius: 6.37 Mm = 6.37e3 km = 3.96e3 miles
- 001spartan 11y agoHeh. s/millions/billions/g