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Title: What is the relationship between the angular size of the moon and its distance from Earth? Post by: Juliana1984 on Sep 28, 2012 a. The greater the distance, the smaller the angular size.
b. The greater the distance, the larger the angular size. c. The distance to the moon is always the same, but its angular size varies. d. Both the distance to the moon and its angular size are constant. e. The angular size is always the same regardless of the distance. Title: What is the relationship between the angular size of the moon and its distance from Earth? Post by: rkim12 on Sep 28, 2012 Content hidden
Title: What is the relationship between the angular size of the moon and its distance from Earth? Post by: nyvan on Sep 28, 2012 The further away something is, the smaller it appears.
Angular size is a fancy way of saying how big something appears to be. When an object is near us there is a big angle between its 2 sides. When it is far away the angle is smaller So the answer is a. Title: What is the relationship between the angular size of the moon and its distance from Earth? Post by: JulianDavis on Sep 28, 2012 answer A is correct. this is true of all things (unless their actual size changes)
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