The Sun is 93 million miles (1 AU) from Earth; a passenger aircraft flying around the Sun's diameter (about 100 times Earth's radius) would take roughly a year, illustrating the Sun's vast scale relative to human-built objects.

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Brian Cox

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the so-called astronomical unit, 93 million miles... it'd take something like a year to fly around the sun in a passenger aircraft.

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Brian Cox: The quantum roots of reality | Full InterviewBig Think
Created: 8/11/2026, 5:29:48 AM

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