The Greeks wanted to know the distance to the moon and to the stars.
Suppose that they had stationed two persons on opposite sides of the Earth, and both of the persons observed the moon against the stats at the same time. Draw a sketch of how people would set up this measurement so that they would be as far apart as possible.
Look up how far away the moon is. How large would the angle A be (numerical value)?
Do you think the Greeks could have observed this change? why or why not?
What difficulties would there have been in measuring the distance to the moon with this method?
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =]
Suppose that they had stationed two persons on opposite sides of the Earth, and both of the persons observed the moon against the stats at the same time. Draw a sketch of how people would set up this measurement so that they would be as far apart as possible.
Look up how far away the moon is. How large would the angle A be (numerical value)?
Do you think the Greeks could have observed this change? why or why not?
What difficulties would there have been in measuring the distance to the moon with this method?
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =]