Taking the age of Earth to be about \( 4 \times 10^{9} \) years and assuming its orbital radius of \( 1.5 \times 10^{11} \mathrm{~m} \) has not changed and is circular, calculate the approximate total distance Earth has traveled since its birth (in a frame of reference stationary with respect to the Sun).
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Taking the age of Earth to be about $4 \times 10^{9}$ years and assuming its orbital radius of $1.5 \times 10^{11} \mathrm{m}$ has not changed and is circular, calculate the approximate total distance Earth has traveled since its birth (in a frame of reference stationary with respect to the Sun).
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