(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.
Mt. McKinley (also called Denali) is 20,320 ft (6,194 m) in elevation. It is considered the highest mountain in the U.S. Mauna Kea (The Big Island), Hawaii is not only the talâ¦lest mountain in the US but the tallest in the world at over 10,000 m. (33.000 ft.) from base to summit. However most of it is under water.