David Bowie's astronaught was past 100,000 miles. How far was he?

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In David Bowie's space oddity song, the astronaught said he was past 100 thousand miles before he lost contact. How far would he be compared to the orbits of our planets?
 
the moon is 238,857 miles away
at its closest mars is 35,462,392 miles away
the distance to the sun is 92,955,887 miles

so Major Tom, the astronaut, is less than half way to the moon.


(that is one of my favorite songs for no good reason than i like it)
 
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