kingarabian
05-02-2008, 08:13 PM
Can some one explain to me how to measure the diameter of the sun?
http://content.class.com/ewew_content/physics1b/02unit/0204/media/ph2u2l4t9p30g01.gif
thanks.
The Sun is 150,000,000 km away from earth.
I have to describe a viable method to indirectly measure the diameter of the sun. Then must implement mystrategy to calculate and measure the diameter of the sun in Km within +/-10% margin of error.
Needed information: The earth is approximately 150,000,000 km from the sun. This distance varies somewhat with the seasons because of Earth's elliptical orbit, but this will be considered negligible for our purposes.
http://content.class.com/ewew_content/physics1b/02unit/0204/media/ph2u2l4t9p30g01.gif
thanks.
The Sun is 150,000,000 km away from earth.
I have to describe a viable method to indirectly measure the diameter of the sun. Then must implement mystrategy to calculate and measure the diameter of the sun in Km within +/-10% margin of error.
Needed information: The earth is approximately 150,000,000 km from the sun. This distance varies somewhat with the seasons because of Earth's elliptical orbit, but this will be considered negligible for our purposes.