Most people will get this wrong but you are not most people.
Distance I can understand because it’s simple math. However, the age of the Sun is man’s best guess and no one really knows for sure. I happen to think the Sun is not much older than the Earth but that’s not the point. So let’s just say the sun has been burning for a long, long time and leave it at that.
GIVEN:
The known distance from earth to the Sun is approximately 93 Million miles. We understand this from the Pythagorean Theorem and doing the math.
A right triangle was seen between three points; that being the Earth, Sun and Venus at its farthest orbit from the Sun. Radio waves were bounced off Venus giving us the distance of one leg of the triangle that was repeated to be the same several times.
This calculation proves the Pythagorean Theorem which shall be called a Proof in achieving the distances between any three points of a right triangle.
Now, since many of you are not familiar with the study of radio waves and knowing that we have already been to the moon to fully understand its distance from Earth to be 238,855 miles…
HOMEWORK:
Your assignment is to replace Venus with the Earth’s moon and by applying the same math, try to achieve 93 Million miles between the Earth and Sun. You must also determine the angles of your right triangle.
HELP:
Diameter of the Earth at the equator is 7,926.41 miles.
Distance to the Moon 238,855 miles.
You may use your kwiktrig calculators if you want.
NOTE:
For the sake of averages, assume the planetary orbits are perfect circles, that the diameter of the sun varies and that the angles between remain constant to that of a right triangle (having 180 degrees) on a level plane for the basis of this equation.
