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How will you measure the diameter of the Moon using parallax method?

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Let `theta` is the angular diameter of Moon
d - is the distance of Moon from Earth, from figure, `theta D/d`
Diameter of Moon `D = d. theta`
by knowing `theta` , d diameter of Moon can be calculated.
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