Abhyankar, K. D. (1989) The moon illusion and the height of the sky Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India, 17 (3). pp. 55-59. ISSN 0304-9523
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Abstract
It is shown that the apparently flattened celestial vault can be represented by a geocentric sphere at a height of 3000-4000 km above the surface of the earth. It is also argued that our eye estimates the distance to this 'sky sphere' by its apparent opacity which is a function of the air mass. A hypothesis regarding the physiology of distance vision is proposed.
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| Source: | Copyright of this article belongs to Astronomical Society of India. |
| Keywords: | Moon Illusion; Vision |
| ID Code: | 24031 |
| Deposited On: | 01 Dec 2010 12:43 |
| Last Modified: | 17 May 2016 07:48 |
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