Scientists have detected an asteroid that is 700,000,000 km from Earth. About how many astronomical units is that?

One astronomical unit is about 150,000,000 km. Divide the asteroid’s distance by that amount: 700,000,000 ÷ 150,000,000 ≈ 4.7 AU. The closest choice is 4.5 AU.

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