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Predicted Maximum Radius & Actual Maximum Radius – Answers

 

We measured the radius of V838 Mon in May to be 2.16 light years.

 

The predicted maximums then follow as:

 

 

 

 

 

Compare these with the measurements for each month:

 

 

We can see from the table that although these are fairly rough measurements there is still a significant difference between the expected and the actual values.