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distance measurements in
astronomy come from
trigonometric parallax, as
applied in the
stellar parallax method. As the
Earth orbits the Sun, the
position of...
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transit (published in 1662),
giving a
solar parallax of 15″,
similar to Wendelin's figure. The
solar parallax is
related to the Earth–Sun
distance as...
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diurnal parallax, one can
determine the
distance to the Sun from the
geometry of Earth. The
first known estimate of the
solar m**** was by Isaac...
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Parallax is a
displacement or
difference in the
apparent position of an
object viewed along two
different lines of
sight and is
measured by the
angle or...
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Mercury across the Sun,
leading him to
realize that
observations of the
solar parallax of a
planet (more
ideally using the
transit of Venus)
could be used...
- Earth, it
would be
possible to
measure its
parallax to high precision, and so
calculate the
solar parallax or, in
other terms, the
distance from the Sun...
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kilometres (19.2 trillion miles). The p****c unit is
obtained by the use of
parallax and trigonometry, and is
defined as the
distance at
which 1 AU subtends...
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points on the
surface of the Earth,
could be used to
calculate the
solar parallax, and
hence the
astronomical unit by
means of triangulation.
Aware of...
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Stellar parallax is the
apparent shift of
position (
parallax) of any
nearby star (or
other object)
against the
background of
distant stars. By extension...
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luminosity Solar m****
Solar parallax Haberreiter, M; Schmutz, W; Kosovichev, A.G. (2008), "Solving the
Discrepancy between the
Seismic and
Photospheric Solar Radius"...
