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On the Way to The Man in the Moon

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On the Way to The Man in the Moon

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From our viewing perspective on the surface of the Earth, the Sun is almost perfectly eclipsed by our Moon. This means they have the same (relative) size.

The Moon has a radius of around 1,700 kilometres and orbits Earth at an average distance of 380,000 kilometres. The Sun has a radius of approximately 700,000 kilometres and Earth orbits it at a mean distance of almost 150,000,000 kilometres.

Knowing the sizes and orbits of the Sun and Earth/Moon we can form triangles and use trigonometry and/or intercept theorem to calculate the vanishing point, the distance from the Sun (and Moon) where both will have a (relative) physical size of zero.

Surprisingly this vanishing point is not as large as one might imagine.




Author: Andrew Robert Chapman
Publisher: Independently Published
Publication Date: Aug 29, 2024
Number of Pages: 34 pages
Binding: Paperback or Softback
ISBN-10: NA
ISBN-13: 9798337794198
 

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