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Why are the Sun and Moon the same apparent angular diameter (0.5o)?

April 26, 2017angular apparent diameter moon Sun

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Why are the Sun and Moon the same apparent angular diameter (0.5o)?

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• Sun much bigger than the Moon, but • Moon much closer than the Sun • The two factors exactly compensate • accident of nature • in 400 million years, no more solar eclipses!