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cricket20 [7]
2 years ago
5

Astronomers often measure large distances using astronomical units (AU) where 1 AU is the average distance from Earth to the Sun

. In the image, drepresents the distance from a star to the Sun. Using a technique called "stellar parallax," astronomers determined 0 is 0.00001389 degrees.
write an expression to calculate d for any star

Mathematics
1 answer:
stellarik [79]2 years ago
7 0

By calculating the distance of a star to the Sun, astronomers can calculate the distance from Earth to the star.

  • \displaystyle \mathrm{The \ \mathbf{expression} \ to \ calculate \ \mathit{d} \ for \ any \ \mathbf{star} \ is; \ \underline{d \ is \  \frac{1 \, AU}{tan(\theta)}}}

Reasons

The given parameters are;

The distance from the star to the Sun = d

The angle formed by the ray to the Sun and the ray to Earth from the star, θ = 0.00001389 degrees

The average distance from Earth to the Sun = 1 AU

By trigonometric ratios, we have;

\displaystyle tan(\theta) = \mathbf{\frac{Opposite}{Adjacent}}

Therefore;

\displaystyle tan(\theta) = \frac{1}{d}

The expression to calculate for <em>d</em> for any star is therefore;

  • \displaystyle \underline{ d \ is \  \frac{1 \, AU}{tan(\theta) }}

<em>The angle given for θ for the referenced star is θ = 0.00001389</em>

<em>Therefore;</em>

\displaystyle d = \frac{1 \, AU}{tan(0.00001389^{\circ}) } \approx 4,124,966.13 \, AU

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