Subject: [removed] Digest V2016 #40
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Date: 5/27/2016 4:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2016 : Issue 40
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Astronomical unit                     [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]

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    Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 20:14:07 -0400
    From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
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    Subject:  Astronomical unit
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>     On May 30th Mars will be about [removed] AU (astronomical units)
>     away. It's closest distance from Earth in the past decade. AU is the
>     nominal distance from the Earth to the Sun and equals about 97 million
>     miles.

    More like 93 million.  The AU is currently defined by the International
    Astronomical Union as 149597870700 meters (exactly) b	 [removed] million
    miles.

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