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USAAAO — 2017 First Round

Question 14

The USAAAO team successfully launched a satellite to be in the orbit within the boundary of the Solar System. The satellite took a picture of the Moon passing in front of the Sun on April 24, 2017. Estimate the distance between the Moon and the satellite. (Angular diameter of the Sun is 32’)

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Source: USAAAO 2017 First Round, Question 14. The question depends on the Moon–Sun image printed on source page 9.