What is the formula for the solar system to earth? How can you determine the distance?
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I'm not sure exactly what you're asking, but the distances of the planets can be worked out using Kepler's third law - "The squares of the periods of the planets are proportional to the cubes of their semimajor axes". This gives the formula P(1)^2 / P(2)^2 = R(1)^3 / R(2)^3.
You have to find out the distance of at least one planet from the sun though. Not surprisingly, this was the Earth, and it was done by measuring the position of Venus against the sun's disk during a transit from different places on Earth. The trigonometry's fairly easy, but the measurements have to be very accurate!
Hhmm...the solar system to earth? Earth is IN the solar system.
Do you mean the sun to earth? That distance is called an astronomical unit (AU). The earth is exactly 1 AU from the sun.
Your question makes no sense. The Earth is part of the Solar System, so its distance makes about the same sense as "how far is your nose from your head?".
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