(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.
Another Tahoe ski resort is calling it quits for the season. Alpine Meadows said it will shut down on Sunday. It's currently running one lift, the Summit Six high speed detachable six-passenger chair. It was reporting 40 inches of snow at the base and 9 1/2 feet at mid-mountain on Monday. Kirkwood-which like Alpine Meadows is usually one of the last resorts to close-shut down its lifts for the season on Sunday.