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They're as accurate as they can be given that Frontier won't let us see the exact numbers.

I have heard, but cannot confirm, that different activities count differently towards Exploration rank. If all you do is scan is scan planets like I did, then reaching Elite does take 300+ million credits of profit. Doing VIP passenger missions apparently rewards greater amounts of rank, so you can reach Elite with less profit.