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The Earth's Orbit Has a Mean Radius Of 1.5×108 km1.5 \times 10 ^ { 8 } \mathrm {~km}

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The earth's orbit has a mean radius of 1.5×108 km1.5 \times 10 ^ { 8 } \mathrm {~km} . Over a six-month period, the apparent position of a particular star varies by 0.000140.00014 ^ { \circ } due to parallax. How many kilometers is this star from Earth?


A) 1.2×1017 km1.2 \times 10 ^ { 17 } \mathrm {~km}
B) 1.2×1020 km1.2 \times 10 ^ { 20 } \mathrm {~km}
C) 1.2×1011 km1.2 \times 10 ^ { 11 } \mathrm {~km}
D) 1.2×1014 km1.2 \times 10 ^ { 14 } \mathrm {~km}

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