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To: COBOL2Java

I wonder if it would be that bright. It is awful far away


6 posted on 09/10/2015 5:02:54 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Jim from C-Town

The disk of the sun would subtend an angle of about 0.014 degrees. The moon subtends an angle of about 0.57 degree. So the sun width would appear to be 1/40th the width of our moon. A lot brighter, but still nearly a pinpoint of light.


28 posted on 09/10/2015 7:08:47 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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