f the star was 30 light-years away, how large would the angular shift of the star be?

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f the star was 30 light-years away, how large would the angular shift of the star be?

f the star was 30 light-years away, how large would the angular shift of the star be? (Distance to planet is 0.7 AU)

Angular shift in (arcseconds)

2007-10-04 19:38:22 · 1 answers · asked by scott j 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space

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Hi. Treat this as a right triangle with an adjacent side of 30 LY. The opposite side would be the diameter of Earth's orbit (93,000,000 x 2). (The hpy and adj sides are about equal in the=is triangle.)

2007-10-05 05:33:15 · answer #1 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋