On the Way to The Man in the Moon
Chapman, Andrew Robert
ISBN 13: 9798337794198
Published by Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp, 2024
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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.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: On the Way to The Man in the Moon
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
Publication Date: 2024
Binding: PAP
Condition: New