Well, a billion kilometers is almost 7 times the mean distance between the earth and the sun. Asteroids pass in that distance all the time. We’re currently closer to Ceres (the dwarf planet) than that and its on the other side of the sun from us.
Well, a billion kilometers is almost 7 times the mean distance between the earth and the sun. Asteroids pass in that distance all the time. We’re currently closer to Ceres (the dwarf planet) than that and its on the other side of the sun from us.
And how much gasoline are you refining in your backyard on those cloudy days?
What? Not it’s not. Where did you get this number?
It’s more like 6.7 AU. Source
In other words somewhere between Jupiter and Saturn in terms of distance to the sun.