Test Academy | 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 5581 km, 3581 km, 2581 km, 1581 km

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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

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5581 km
3581 km
2581 km
1581 km

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