The Earth's orbit has a mean radius of 1.5 × 108 km. Over a six-month period, the apparent position of a particular star varies by 0.00014° due to parallax. How distant is the star, in ly? (1 ly = 9.46 × 1015 m)

A)

0.13 ly
B)

1.3 ly
C)

13 ly
D)

130 ly
E)

1300 ly


C

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