Taking the age of Earth to be about 4 x 109 years and assuming its orbital radius of 1.5 x 1011 m has not changed and is circular, calculate the approximate total distance Earth has traveled since its birth (in a frame of reference stationary with respect to the Sun). Additional Materials O Reading

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Taking the age of Earth to be about 4 x 109 years and assuming its orbital radius of 1.5 x 1011 m has not changed and is circular, calculate the
approximate total distance Earth has traveled since its birth (in a frame of reference stationary with respect to the Sun).
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