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 8th June 2004, 6th June 2012

    B. To Measure How Far the Sun is from us      
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B.1: What we can measure with a string and a stone :
B.1.1. We can measure lengths.
B.1.2. We can measure angles.
B.1.3. We can measure Time.

Here is how you can measure the sun's distance from the earth in a series of a few easy experiments which you can easily do by yourself

    B.2 :The SUNCARD
    B.3: TOV PHOTOGRAPH
    B.4: Measuring the Maximum Angle between VENUS and SUN
    B.5: The ratio of the Sun - Venus distance to Sun- Earth distance
    B.6: How BIG is Venus?
    B.7How BIG is Earth?
    B.8How High is the Building?

     


    B. To Measure How Far the Sun is from us      
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    Sun's Distance

 Introduction by Dr. Vivek Monteiro
 What we can measure with a String and Stone

 Build your own Solar Observatory

Measure how far the Sun is from us
Slides presentation by Dr T. V. Venkateswaran

 
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