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To: Mr_Moonlight

No. An AU (astronomical unit) is the earth-sun distance. This is 660 of those units.


10 posted on 04/25/2019 12:21:10 AM PDT by vmpolesov
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To: vmpolesov; Karl Spooner
K ... gotcha ...

So this exoplanet is actually 61.3 TRILLION miles from its star ...

But the article should make that clearer, that ONE AU is the distance between Earth and our Sun, instead it reads as if 61.3 Trillion is that distance ....

14 posted on 04/25/2019 12:30:53 AM PDT by Mr_Moonlight (Ich bin ein Irredeemable Deplorable)
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To: vmpolesov

660 AUs is more than 1% of a light year.


37 posted on 04/25/2019 11:01:37 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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