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I am on one of my labs for Intro to Astronomy online and the problems involve the distances of planets from Earth: a (radians), r (10 to the 6th power), and S (10 to the 6th power). So far for Jupiter I've figured out that a = 4.693e-3 and r = 588.5, but I am confused how to find S. For Saturn the equation was already done and read: 9.740e-5 for a, 1195.5 for r, and 0.1164 for S. How was this answer found?
Thank you for the help!
It's the formula for Arc length to determine diameter. Angular Diameter = a (arcseconds), corresponding distance = r, and I believe S = radians. I'm confused myself about the whole thing. Your response helped me a lot already, but I am still a little weary. Thanks
Thank you for the help!
It's the formula for Arc length to determine diameter. Angular Diameter = a (arcseconds), corresponding distance = r, and I believe S = radians. I'm confused myself about the whole thing. Your response helped me a lot already, but I am still a little weary. Thanks