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The Earth's Orbit Has a Mean Radius of 1

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The Earth's orbit has a mean radius of 1.5 × 108 km. Over a six-month period, the apparent position of a particular star varies by 0.00014° due to parallax. How distant is the star, in km?


A) 1.2 × 1011 km
B) 1.2 × 1014 km
C) 1.2 × 1017 km
D) 1.2 × 1020 km
E) 1.2 × 1023 km

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