A comet that is 470,000,000 km from Earth has a measured angular diameter of 0.00125 degrees. The linear diameter of this comet is ___ km.
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A comet that is 470,000,000 km from Earth has a measured angular diameter of 0.00125 degrees. The linear diameter of this comet is ___ km.
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