Kari Kivisalo wrote:
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> 
> Sun radius 696 000km, distance 150 000 000km.
> 
> 2*696000/150000000=1/108
> 
> K.K.

If you want to be excact, you should also include, that sun-earth distance
varies quite a lot during the year (it's nearer in winter IIRC) :-)

Furthermore, i'm not sure, whether the atmosphere influences things (both sun
and moon seem larger when near the horizon)

Christoph

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