Well, you have to know these things when you’re a king.
Emily, in car: “Mommy, how many miles is it from the Earth to Jupiter?”
Me: “I don’t really know. Do you?”
Emily: “No. I’ll ask Daddy when he gets home. He’ll know.”
He won’t know. But boy, the faith children have in their parents.
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Vital Statistics:
Fifth planet from the Sun
Average distance from Sun = 484 million miles.
5.2 times the average distance of Earth
3.4 times the average distance from Mars
Perihelion distance 460 million miles.
Aphelion distance 508 million miles.
Takes 11.86 years or 4330 days to revolve around the Sun.
Jupiter rotates on its axis in slightly under 10 hours.
Vital Statistics:
Fifth planet from the Sun
Average distance from Sun = 484 million miles.
5.2 times the average distance of Earth
3.4 times the average distance from Mars
Perihelion distance 460 million miles.
Aphelion distance 508 million miles.
Takes 11.86 years or 4330 days to revolve around the Sun.
Jupiter rotates on its axis in slightly under 10 hours.
If only you’d been riding in the car. 🙂
If only you’d been riding in the car. 🙂
Quick! Is it too late to send him a text message via mobile phone? 😉
Quick! Is it too late to send him a text message via mobile phone? 😉
So send him the information and he can be her hero when he gets home from work.
So send him the information and he can be her hero when he gets home from work.
484 million / 5.2 = ~ 93 million..
So based on Emily’s question (i.e. between Earth and Jupiter), the derived average distance between E and J would be (484 – 93 = ) 391 million miles according to the available stats.
484 million / 5.2 = ~ 93 million..
So based on Emily’s question (i.e. between Earth and Jupiter), the derived average distance between E and J would be (484 – 93 = ) 391 million miles according to the available stats.
If she’s anything like my kids … she might really enjoy getting to see this web page: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/kids_space/distance.html
If she’s anything like my kids … she might really enjoy getting to see this web page: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/kids_space/distance.html
My answer probably would have been “the distance between Earth and Jupiter keeps changing because they go around the sun at different speeds.”
My answer probably would have been “the distance between Earth and Jupiter keeps changing because they go around the sun at different speeds.”
from the hubby
So, why couldn’t you have prepared me for this? I could have googled it before I got home and just whipped out the answer, thus confirming to her that yes, I do know everything. heh
from the hubby
So, why couldn’t you have prepared me for this? I could have googled it before I got home and just whipped out the answer, thus confirming to her that yes, I do know everything. heh
Re: from the hubby
What, and have you show me up? No way, Jose!
Re: from the hubby
What, and have you show me up? No way, Jose!