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Message Subject ELENIN SIZE ---------HUGE
Poster Handle Anonymous Coward
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i made some counts

d=diameter of object
L=distance earth-object
ç= angular diameter in degrees

d=2L(tan (ç/2))
 Quoting: rb26det

Hi there OP .. just wondering what your background is in - Physics? Math?

I majored in college physics (a loonnng time ago), and wouldn't have been able to calculate the size based upon your formula. Heck, I never even saw that formula before!
 Quoting: upstateny


i concur
 
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