(distance between Earth and Venus) = a Ã cos(e) Similarly, with a little more trigonometry: (distance between Venus and the Sun) = a Ã sin(e) The greatest elongation of Venus is about 46 degrees, so by this reasoning, the Sun-Venus distance is about 72% of the Sun-Earth distance.
exists and is an alternate of . Yes, you can ski on Mauna Kea (Hawaiian for 'white mountain'). It's a 13,796' (4205 meter) volcanic mountain whose summit sometimes gets a skiable/boardable mantle of snow. There are no lifts, no grooming, no resort, but a road goes to the summit to serve the dozen or so world class observatories located at the summit.
Cheap Flights to Hawaii. Cheap airline tickets to Hawaii lead to leis and luaus, but try and imagine a world without the hula. This provocative hip-shaking, belly-baring dance was once banned by missionaries.Thank goodness, the hula is still legal today and Hawaii travelers will get their fair share of it. Oahu is the most populated island. 2  Honolulu, Waikiki beach, Pearl Harbor, and Diamond Head are here. 3  Take a last minute flight to Hawaii and visit Maui, which is its second largest island. 4  Taking a direct flight to Hawaii gives visitors a lot of options since there are many airports on the islands.