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ERIC Number: EJ126807
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1975
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Determination of the Diameter of the Sun
Parks, Gordon L.
Physics Teacher, 13, 7, 417, Oct 75
Using a box with a pinhole in one end, the diameter of the sun can be calculated with knowledge of the length of time required for the image of the sun to sweep out a measured arc. (CP)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Instruction, Optics, Physics, Science Activities, Science Education, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science
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Audience: Practitioners
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