On a scale in which the distance from Earth to the Sun is about 15 meters, the distance from Earth to the Moon is _ .
A)small enough to fit within your hand
B)about 1 meter
C)about 30 meters
D)about 5 meters

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On this scale, distances in the solar system are vastly reduced. The actual average distance from the Earth to the Moon is about 384,400 km, while the average distance from the Earth to the Sun is about 149.6 million km. Given the scale where 149.6 million km is reduced to 15 meters, the Earth-Moon distance scales down to roughly 38.44 cm, which is indeed small enough to fit within your hand.

On a Scale in Which the Distance from Earth to the Sun