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To: Vaquero

Just checked on Heavens-Above.com and Jupiter is currently 6.4 AU distant. An AU, as I’m sure you know, is the average distance bewteen the earth and the sun. It roughly equates to 92.5 million miles. 6.4 AUs is approximately 592 million miles. As for Venus, it’s currently at 1.6 AUs, or ~148 million miles. It can get as close as 23 or so million at times.


12 posted on 11/13/2017 4:47:42 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR page)
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To: ETL

I usually round it up to 93.

A few years ago I began to watch Venus transit in front of the sun with a welding mask. Caught the very beginning. Then the clouds rolled in.

I’m not a scientist, nor do I play one on tv. I just tend to follow this stuff and occasionally play with the math.


13 posted on 11/13/2017 5:04:04 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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