(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.
One way to take in these impressive Kauai landforms is by helitour. Two companies that specialize in finding hidden valleys and waterfalls are Safari Helicopters Hawaii (sarfarihelicopters.com) and Jack Harter Helicopters (helicopters-kauai.com).ele is still very busy on the Big Island of Hawaii. Kilauea has been actively producing lava and adding to the Big Islandâs real estate since 1983. In 1990, that led to the destruction of Kalapana, a coastal village just east of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.