If the sun moves 6 degrees in the sky, how many full disks of the sun would it move?
e.g. this is 4
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(I worked it out to be 7, but I'm not sure.)
2007-12-18 05:32:24 · 4 answers · asked by SteveLaw 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
12
The Sun is half a degree wide as seen from Earth, so it takes 12 of them to add up to 6 degrees.
2007-12-18 05:41:35 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The size of the sun as we see it in the sky is 1/2 degree (this is the same apparent size of the full moon, btw), so six degrees is the equivalent of 12 solar disks.
2007-12-18 05:45:41 · answer #2 · answered by kuiperbelt2003 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Sun (and, by coincidence, our Moon), subtends an angle of about half of one degree of angle. So the answer is the Sun would move 12 full disks of itself.
2007-12-18 05:43:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the others, it's 12.
2007-12-18 05:52:15 · answer #4 · answered by Mark G 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋