Parallax angle question
if a star is 5.2x1016 meters away, what is the parallax angle in degrees?
Just need a step by step answer to confirm that my answer of 0.000165598290 is correct ( note that the second five and zero have a recurring symbol above each)
I used the conversion 1parsec= 3.1x1016m in my calculation
any help would be much appreciated
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where there is 16 that should be to the power of 16
22 June 2014
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23 June 2014
Hi Heisenberg28,1. 1 parsec=3.1x1016m, so the distance is 5.2/3.1=1.68 parsecs2. Rearrange distance=1/parallax angle to give parallax angle=1/distance 3. Parallax angle= 1/ 1.68=0.60 sec4. 1 sec =1/3600 degree, so in degrees, parallax = 0.60/3600= 0.000167degrees5. so you are correct, just need to use less significant figures...
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