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English: Illustration of measurement of the speed of light using the eclipse of Io by Jupiter. Assumptions: Earth, Jupiter and Io are points and have circular orbits.
  _-"-_ E
 /    /\-_  d
/ rE /  \ "-_    Using the cosine rule, d^2 =      rE^2 + rJ^2 - 2 rE rJ cos a
|   /)a_|_____-_                 Hence, d   = sqrt(rE^2 + rJ^2 - 2 rE rJ cos a)
\ S     /        J
 \  |- - rJ - -|
  "-.-"
Русский: Наблюдения при измерении скорости света при затмениях Ио Юпитером.
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current20:40, 1 March 2022Thumbnail for version as of 20:40, 1 March 2022512 × 256 (33 KB)Cantons-de-l'EstThe rendering in French is bad, for a reason I don't know.
20:37, 1 March 2022Thumbnail for version as of 20:37, 1 March 2022512 × 256 (35 KB)Cantons-de-l'EstTranslated to French.
22:41, 26 April 2014Thumbnail for version as of 22:41, 26 April 2014512 × 256 (33 KB)CmgleeFix background, grid and ASCII art.
19:40, 25 April 2014Thumbnail for version as of 19:40, 25 April 2014512 × 256 (30 KB)Cmglee{{Information |Description=Illustration of measurement of the speed of light using the eclipse of Io by Jupiter. Assumptions: Earth, Jupiter and Io are points and have circular orbits.<pre> _-"-_ E / /\-_ d / rE / \ "-_ Using the cosine rule...

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