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To determine the diameter of the sun, an astronomer might sight with a transit ( a device used by surveyors for measuring angles) first to one edge of the sun and then
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62 The sun's angular diameter is measured to be 1920". The distance D of the sun from the earth is 1.49610 to the power 11 find the diameter of the sun.
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The sun's angulor diameter is measured to be 1920" The distance D of the sun from the earth i g 1.496 x 101 m. the diameter of the sun.
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