The Cosmic Perspective (9th Edition)
The Cosmic Perspective (9th Edition)
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Author: Jeffrey O. Bennett, Megan O. Donahue, Nicholas Schneider, Mark Voit
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To Find: The diameter of Aldebaran. Represent all the objects using 1 to 10 billion scale, on which the Sun is about the size of a grapefruit.

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Solution: The diameter of star Aldebaran would be approximately 6metres

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Introduction: Size of the giant star Aldebaran is 30 times larger than the size of the Sun.

Given that size of Sun is about the size of a grapefruit.

Thus, size of Sun is in between 0.1m to 0.2m .

Also, we know that size of star Aldebaran is 30 times larger than the size of the Sun.

Thus, the size of star Aldebaran would range from 3m to 6m .

Hence, the diameter of star Aldebaran is approximately 6m .

Conclusion: Hence, diameter of star Aldebaran would be approximately 6 m .

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