(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.
Sleeping Giant's base is on the banks of the Shoshone River in the Absaroka Mountain Range and offers 184 acres of skier and rider accessible terrain and a 6,619-foot vertical drop. Serviced by three chair lifts, the resort features 49 runs and two terrain parks and averages 150 inches of snowfall. Show more.