Astronomical Unit

Did you know in the 1700s astronomers used horizontal parallax to determine accurately the distance between the Sun and the Earth by using Venus traveling across the Sun.

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MoveAlong · 70-79, M

Thanks for posting. I remember coming across this once somewhere. Weren't they only off by a few percentage points?

(please don't show me the geometry and math. It'll only make my head hurt)