Given that the diameter of Mars is 6780 km, how close would Mars need to be in AU to the Earth in order to appear the same size in the sky as the full Moon (0.5 degrees)?

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Vinayak Jadi · Answer 1 · 2024-08-22T13:38:30+0000

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Solution Given The diameter of Mars = 6780 km Since, in order to appear the same size in the sky as the full Moon it must have an apparent size of 0.5

Given that the diameter of Mars is 6780 km, how close would Mars need to be in AU to the Earth in order to appear the same size in the sky as the full Moon (0.5 degrees)?

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