Kane County Standard | 1929-12-27 | Page 4 | Distances of Stars

dipane Di tane of stare star the celestial cele allut body m arest the earth I 1 the moors ani an I niia ineis ore tile the distance by observing the angle to a given point un on the moon from two widely points on the lie i earths murfa surface e the iri angle angla thus formed la Is then solved by the aid nl of t trigonometry tho the di to the sun is in ensured in much minli the he same way by sighting the planet ve nus na as it t passes across tile tie face of the sun iun tile the stars ore are inea by using tile the odthe of the ebli 0 it the earth about one hundred nud and eighty el lity six nill million llon wiles miles a ae tik ase or of t the lie triangles triangle let ps ii 1 1 nasi