If the distance from the sun to the Earth is represented by roughly 15 meters, then the distance from Earth to the moon on the same scale would be
A) about 30 meters.
B) about 10 meters.
C) about 1 meter.
D) small than your hand.

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The average distance from the Earth to the Moon is about 1/400th of the distance from the Earth to the Sun. On a scale where the Earth-Sun distance is 15 meters, the Earth-Moon distance would be much smaller than your hand, approximately 3.8 centimeters.

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