DISTANCE TO THE SUN
The distance to the sun is to be remeasured through work at the University of Cincinnati in co-operation with the Royal Observatory of Berlin. The latest computation accepted by astronomers fixes the mileage at 92,900,000, believed to be within 50,000 miles of the exact distance. Astronomers use a planet as a stepping stone to help them reach out with more accurate computations toward the sun’s exact position. In the present measurements Eros, the latest planet discovered, which is but 14,000,000 miles from the earth, is the stepping stone. At the beginning of 1931 it will be in a favourable position for the solar work.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 838, 5 December 1929, Page 15
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108DISTANCE TO THE SUN Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 838, 5 December 1929, Page 15
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