Universe Unit Conversion

Mercury's orbit is 57,900,000 kilometers (km), on average, away from the Sun. Convert that to Astronomical Units (AU). Show your work and cross out the units that cancel.

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Venus' orbit is 108,200,000 kilometers (km), on average, away from the Sun. Convert that to Astronomical Units (AU). Show your work and cross out the units that cancel.

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Earth's orbit is 149,597,870 km, on average, away from the Sun. Convert that to Astronomical Units (AU). Show your work and cross out the units that cancel.

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Mars' orbit is 1.52 AU, on average, away from the Sun. Convert that to kilometers (km). Show your work and cross out the units that cancel.

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Jupiter's orbit is 5.2 AU, on average, away from the Sun. Convert that to kilometers (km). Show your work and cross out the units that cancel.

Saturn's orbit is 19.2 AU, on average, away from the Sun. Convert that to kilometers (km). Show your work and cross out the units that cancel.

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Uranus' orbit is 2,871,000,000 km, on average, away from the Sun. Convert that to Astronomical Units (AU). Show your work and cross out the units that cancel.

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Neptune's orbit is 4,498,300,000 km, on average, away from the Sun. Convert that to Astronomical Units (AU). Show your work and cross out the units that cancel.

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Pluto's orbit is 24.1 AU, on average, away from the Sun. Convert that to kilometers (km). Notice this compared to Neptune's average distance from the Sun. Show your work and cross out the units that cancel.

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The Asteroid belt is a region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter's orbit that contains most of the solar system's asteroids, and other large bodies like Ceres, Vesta, and Pallas. It is approximately 478,000,000 km away from the Sun, and about 149,597,870km thick. Convert both of these distances to AU's. Show your work and cross out the units that cancel.

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