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tp1 Long Distances
tp1 Long Distances
tp1 Long Distances
2. Questions
a. Can you describe the shadow of vertical objects in Aswan at the time of the Summer solstice and at noon local solar time ?
b. Would you observe the same shadows in Alexandria ?
c. Draw a diagram to explain this difference.
d. Deduce from that a method to determine the Earth’s radius.
The Astronomical Unit ( AU ) is the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun. It is used to indicate distances within our solar
system. The Earth orbits at a distance of 1 AU from the Sun.
III. To go further …
Sometimes we can hear “ When we view distant objects in space, we are looking back in time”.
Try to explain this sentence.