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8. I'm glad you found it interesting. I'm lucky that a landmark is 4.4 miles away

Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #7)

Mon Jan 3, 2022, 04:57 AM

Jan 2022

from me -- the IDS Tower in downtown Minneapolis -- and I remember that is the "distance" to Alpha Centauri, the nearest star. I think about that just about every time I go jogging.

But I keep forgetting the other part of it -- the earth-sun distance (astronomical unit) -- I think, is it an inch? naw, can't be. A foot? Yard?

Sciences is hard

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