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Direct linkPasachoff, Jay M.; Gährken, Bernd; Schneider, Glenn – Physics Teacher, 2017
In this article, the authors describe their use of simultaneous observations of the 2016 transit of Mercury made from two widely separated locations on Earth to determine the distance to the Sun in a way different from that suggested in 1715 by Halley. Using an internet link, teachers and students can make a similar derivation at the 2019 transit…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physics, Science Instruction, Astronomy
