Question

find the distance of moon from earth if the parallax angle as measured from two places at a distance 6.4×1000000m on earth is 57 minutes of an arc​

Answer 1

Answer:

To measure the distance d of a faraway planet, the moon or the near star (the sun) S1 by the parallax method, we observe it from two diametrically opposite positions on the earth. A and B on the Earth, separated by distance b at the same time as shown in Fig. Some distant star S is taken as reference