The sun (diameter D) subtends an angle of θ radians at the pole of a concave mirror of focal length f. The diameter of the image of the sun formed by the mirror is |
$fθ$ $\frac{f\,2θ}{D}$ $f\,2θ$ $Dθ$ |
$fθ$ |
Since the sun is at very large distance, p = ∞ $⇒\frac{1}{∞}+\frac{1}{q}=\frac{1}{f}$ $⇒g=f$ If the diameter of the image be $\frac{d/2}{q}=α⇒d=(2α)q$ Putting $2α = θ$ and $q = f$ we obtain $D=fθ$ |