Question
It is a well known fact that during a solar eclipse the disc of the moon almost completely covers the disc of the sun. From this fact and from the information that sun's angular distance a is measured to be 1920", determine the approximate diameter of the moon. Given earth-moon distance = 3.8452 x 10⁸ m
Options :
5581 km
3581 km
2581 km
1581 km
Answer :
3581 km
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