Capable of hydrolyzing or otherwise breaking down a sugar molecule. Origin: saccharo-_ G. Lysis, loosening. Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page. This page was last modified on 3 October 2005, at 21:16.This page has been accessed 14,911 times. What links here | Related changes | Permanent link.
There is a unit for measuring the distance from the earth to the sun known as an astronomical unit. This is 149,597,870,691Km (~93 million miles) plus or minus 30Km. You can use an astronomical unit to compare distances against the distance between the earth and sun e.g the distance between the sun and Mars is 1.52 AU.
| Share | Cite. The sun is a star of about medium size; it appears so much larger and brighter than the other stars because of its relative nearness to the earth. The earth's distance from the sun varies from 91,377,000 mi (147,053,000 km) at perihelion to 94,537,000 mi (152,138,000 km) at aphelion (see apsis).The mean distance is c.92,960,000 mi (149,591,000 km); this is taken as the astronomical unit (AU) of distance used for measuring distances within the solar system.eneral Characteristics of the Sun. The sun is a star of about medium size; it appears so much larger and brighter than the other stars because of its relative nearness to the earth.