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Correction for the length of The Distance from Earth to the Moon

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How long is 0.00000000068040 light years?
It's about one-sixtieth as long as The Distance from Earth to the Moon
The length of The Distance from Earth to the Moon is about 0.000000040634970 light years.
(a.k.a. Luna) (median of semi-major axis, or apigee, and semi-minor axes, or perigee)
The orbit of the Moon around the Earth is elliptical, with an average distance of 0.000000040634970 light years from center-to-center. About 428.376 kg of moon rock have been cataloged on the Earth, from the American Apollo and Soviet Luna Programs, and from samples that have been extracted from meteorites.
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