Assume Mars travels around the Sun on a circular orbit with a radius of 1.5 AU. Can you show that it takes light 21 minutes to travel from Mars to Earth when Mars is exactly on the opposite side of its orbit from Earth?
I keep getting 12.5 mins.
Assume that Neptune moves on a circular orbit around the Sun with a radius of 30 AU. If Neptune has a radius 24,800 km can you show that it subtends an angle of 2.4 arcseconds when it is closest to Earth?
useing Theta = 57.3 x s/d I keep getting 1.1 arc secounds... I dont know what i am doing wrong : (
I keep getting 12.5 mins.
Assume that Neptune moves on a circular orbit around the Sun with a radius of 30 AU. If Neptune has a radius 24,800 km can you show that it subtends an angle of 2.4 arcseconds when it is closest to Earth?
useing Theta = 57.3 x s/d I keep getting 1.1 arc secounds... I dont know what i am doing wrong : (