Question

sam is an astronomer on planet hua, which orbits the distant star barnard. it has recently been accepted that hua is spherical in shape, although its exact size is unknown. while studying in the library, in the city of joy, sam learns that during equinox, barnard is directly overhead in the city of bar, located 1100.0 km north of his location. on the equinox, sam goes outside and measures the altitude of barnard at 78 degrees. what is the radius of hua in km?

Answer 1

There are 90 degrees directly overhead. Barnard is at 74 degrees at Sam's position, 1300.0 kilometers south. The part of the 360 degree circle that corresponds to Hua's circumference is the difference between 90 and 74, or 16 degrees. 1300.0 km is therefore 16/360 of the circle, or 0.044 times the circumference. 29.250 km is the circumference (1300 divided by 0.044). Radius divided by two gives the circumference equation. Therefore, 2r=29250 and the radius of Hua=4655.3 km

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