Solar and lunar eclipses are caused by a fortuitous relationship between the sizes of the Moon and

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Solar and lunar eclipses are caused by a fortuitous relationship between the sizes of the Moon and Sun and their distances from Earth. Look up data for the EarthMoon and Earth-Sun distances and the diameters of the Moon and the Sun.

(a) Calculate the angular size of the Sun's disk as seen by an observer on Earth, where angular size is the angle subtended by the Sun's disk,

(b) Calculate the angular size of the Moon's disk.

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