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For example, how would you go about measuring the distance to the sun? So, what's the answer? Where can I read more about that?
by WA 12y ago
For example, how would you go about measuring the distance to the sun?
So, what's the answer? Where can I read more about that?
- rikkus 12y agoA clever chap figured out a method a couple of thousand years ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristarchus_of_Samos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristarchus_of_Samos
- Strilanc 12y agoThis is a question that google is good at answering. http://physics.stackexchange.com/a/29366 http://physics.stackexchange.com/a/29366