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Title: how do I calculate the distance of the moon? Post by: Ikkou on Sep 28, 2012 How do I calculate the distance of the moon if its diameter is 3476 and how do I calculate that?
Title: how do I calculate the distance of the moon? Post by: rknicker on Sep 28, 2012 you're question doesn't make even the slightest sense that wasn't even a question you just rambled. try again
Title: how do I calculate the distance of the moon? Post by: JulianDavis on Sep 28, 2012 if the moon has a diameter of 3476, that = really big
therefor, moon is very far, cause it looks small and is big Title: how do I calculate the distance of the moon? Post by: juliabreslin on Sep 28, 2012 what do you mean with ''distance''?
area ? is the area of the circle = 4*3.14* (0.5*diameter)^2 volume? volume = 4/3 * 3.14 * (0.5*diameter)^3 hope I helped you:) regards. Title: how do I calculate the distance of the moon? Post by: ilaeoc on Sep 28, 2012 Hold your breath, wear some warm clothing and start walking.
Oh! it might be helpful to get a lift up to the Space Lab Station before you start your stroll as gravity is a real bummer. Alternately you could just look up 'Moon' in the Wikipedia or give Neil Armstrong a call. Good luck let me know when you get there. Your adventure will make interesting reading. Title: how do I calculate the distance of the moon? Post by: il0veu08 on Sep 28, 2012 If you know the actual diameter you can observe the apparent diameter in degrees and get the distance from geometry.
A lot of astronomical measurements are based on guesswork and extrapolation. That's partly why the Apollo astronauts dropped a laser reflector on the Moon - so they could measure the distance accurately. Then they can do it the other way around - calculate the diameter accurately. Title: how do I calculate the distance of the moon? Post by: juliar33 on Sep 28, 2012 The Moon has an angular diameter of ½°. The small angle formula, D = ad/57.3, can be solved for d.
d = 57.3D/a This puts the Moon at: d = 57.3(3476)/.5 = 398,350 of some unspecified unit. . |