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an asteroid has a diameter of 10km and is at a distance of 10^6km, what angle in degrees does it subtend?

 Feb 9, 2015

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An asteroid has a diameter of 10km and is at a distance of 10^6km, what angle in degrees does it subtend ?

tan(Θ\ensurement2)=5 km106 km=5107Θ\ensurement2=0.00002864789\ensurementΘ\ensurement=0.00005729578\ensurementΘ=Θ\ensurement×601\ensurement=(0.0000572957860)=0.00343774677Θ"=Θ×60"1=(0.0034377467760)"=0.20626480625"

 Feb 9, 2015
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An asteroid has a diameter of 10km and is at a distance of 10^6km, what angle in degrees does it subtend ?

tan(Θ\ensurement2)=5 km106 km=5107Θ\ensurement2=0.00002864789\ensurementΘ\ensurement=0.00005729578\ensurementΘ=Θ\ensurement×601\ensurement=(0.0000572957860)=0.00343774677Θ"=Θ×60"1=(0.0034377467760)"=0.20626480625"

heureka Feb 9, 2015
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60º smiley

 Feb 18, 2017
edited by Guest  Feb 18, 2017
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Correcting my last answer of 60º to the correct answer of 30º ;-)

crashflap  Feb 18, 2017

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