Angular Width Equations

The following equations allow the calculation of the (visual and actual) width [i]w[/i] of a far away object (either flat or spherical) whose distance [i]d[/i] and angular width [i]θ[/i] are known.

 

A. G. Gomez (agg29@ou.ac.uk)

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
angular  apparent  equation  size  width 
Target Group (Age)
19+
Language
English (United Kingdom)
 
 
 
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