Question 173
The distance between the Sun and the Earth is 1.496×108 km and distance between the Earth and the Moon is 3.84×108 m. During solar eclipse, the Moon comes in between the Earth and the Sun. What is the distance between the Moon and the Sun at that particular time?
The distance between the Sun and the Earth is 1.496×108 km=1.496×108×103 m=1496×108 m
The distance between the Earth and the Moon is 3.84×108 m.
The distance between the Moon and the Sun at particular time (Solar eclipse)
=(1496×108−3.84×108) m=1492.16×108 m