Message from @BigBoy
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guess it depends on what you mean by 'see'
Lol
can see a blotch there but won't be able to make out detail
you can 'see' letters at the doctors office but can't read them
But u know their is a letter there like u know tycho is there
yep
till we had telescopes we couldn't tell it was a crater
just a different shade
try it tonight, it's a mostly full moon
Do you have good eyes?
Yeah
So we all agree we can see tycho with the naked eye
Give it a try
yep
Ok
at 248000 miles that must be some sized crater for an eye to make it out
yep
it's pretty big
It’s 86 km
It’s 86 km
We can see something 86 km from 248 thousand miles away ?
hmmm lets see if that makes sense
calculate the angular size
Visually does it make sense
i hate to make the heliocentric model take perspective into account but i think this is necessary
first start with angular size calculation
Do you know how to do that
**Question of the Day #217**
Can you make a spherical shadow with a straight object?
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no i dont know how to do that
it's size/distance
that gives you radians
convert to degrees then
there's 6.28 radians in 360 degree
u like math ?
u ever see carl munck the code ?
if its easy will u just do it for me and let me know if it makes sense lol
ok lemme try
ok that comes out to .02 degrees approximately