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The distance between the Sun and the Earth is 1.496 x 108 km and : distance between the Earth and the Moon is 3.84 x 108 m. Duringsolar eclipse, the Moon comes in between the Earth and the Sun. What is the distance between the Moon and the Sun at that particular time?

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The distance between the Sun and the Earth is 1.496 x 10 s km

= 1.496 x 108 x 103 m 

= 1496 x 108 m

The distance between the Earth and the Moon is 3.84 x 108 m.

The distance between the Moon and the Sun at particular time (solar eclipse) = (1496 x 108- 3.84 x 108)m = 1492. 16 x 108 m



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