(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.
The Island of Hawaii's two highest mountains (volcanoes) are Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. They are over 13,600 feet (4,150 m) above sea level and rise nearly 30,000 feet (9,100 m) from the sea floor. Haleakala, the highest mountain on Maui, is over 10,000 feet (3,050 m) high. The highest peaks on Molokai and Oahu are near 5,000 and 4,000 feet (1,525 and 1,220 m) in elevation, respectively.