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Given the conversion factors of 100 cm=1 m and 1609 m=1 mile, calculate how far away in miles Alpha Centauri would be in your model (model is attatched in image here)? Show your work if you can. Thanks so much :)

Object
Distance from Sun
kilometers A. U.
Light
Scale Distance:
travel
1 A.U.= 10
cm
time(min)
5.80 х 107
1.08 x 108
1.50 x 108
2.24 x 10^8
Mercury
0.40
3.32 min
4
Venus
0.72
5.98 min
7.2
Earth
1.00
8.3 min
10
Mars
1.5
12.45 min
15
Ceres (asteroid) | 4.19 x 10$
Jupiter
2.8
23.24 min
28
7.78 x 108
5.2
43.16 min
52
Saturn
1.42 x 10^9
9.51
78.93 min
95.1
Uranus
2.86 x 10^9
19.1
158.53 min
191
4.50 x 10°
249.83 min
Neptune
Halley's comet 4.98 x 10^9
Pluto
30.1
301
33.3
276.39 min
333
5.90 x 10°
2.15 x 1010
39.44
327.35 min
394.4
Voyager 1
Alpha Centauri | 4.13 x 1013 | 275466 |2,286,368 min
143
1,187min
1,430
2,754,660
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Transcribed Image Text:Object Distance from Sun kilometers A. U. Light Scale Distance: travel 1 A.U.= 10 cm time(min) 5.80 х 107 1.08 x 108 1.50 x 108 2.24 x 10^8 Mercury 0.40 3.32 min 4 Venus 0.72 5.98 min 7.2 Earth 1.00 8.3 min 10 Mars 1.5 12.45 min 15 Ceres (asteroid) | 4.19 x 10$ Jupiter 2.8 23.24 min 28 7.78 x 108 5.2 43.16 min 52 Saturn 1.42 x 10^9 9.51 78.93 min 95.1 Uranus 2.86 x 10^9 19.1 158.53 min 191 4.50 x 10° 249.83 min Neptune Halley's comet 4.98 x 10^9 Pluto 30.1 301 33.3 276.39 min 333 5.90 x 10° 2.15 x 1010 39.44 327.35 min 394.4 Voyager 1 Alpha Centauri | 4.13 x 1013 | 275466 |2,286,368 min 143 1,187min 1,430 2,754,660
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