(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.
Sugar Bowl Sugar Bowl Ski Resort Sugar Bowl Ski Resort in California is super sweet! The strength of Sugar Bowl Tahoe isnât really as a destination resort. Itâs more of a great ski area to visit for a day or several days, combined with other Lake Tahoe ski resorts on your California skiing odyssey. The Sugar Bowl Ski Resort is the closest major ski area to Sacramento and the Bay Area, so it receives its fair share of day trippers on weekends. However compared to some of the high profile Tahoe ski resorts that can get absolutely chaotic, Sugar Bowl is somewhat overlooked, so it provides a relative serenity and there are fewer bottle necks to get on the lifts.