Astronomy Exam #1

Astronomy terms, distances, metric prefixes

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As far as we can see:
1.37 x 1010 Light Years
Largest Connected Structures
About 109 Light Years
Diameter of Local Supercluster
108 Light Years
Distance to the Virgo Cluster
5 x 107 Light Years
Diameter of Local Group
3 x 106 Light Years
Diameter of Milky Way Galaxy
105 Light Years
Sun to the Nearest Star
4 Light Years
Sun to Pluto
5 Light Hours
Sun to Earth
8 Light Minutes
Speed of Light
3 x 105 km/s
One Light Year
About 1013 km
One Parsec
About 3 Light Years
Earth Diameter
1.3 x 104 km
Sun Diameter
1.4 x 106 km
Sun Diameter equals?
10 Jupiter Diameters