Differences in Apparent Growth & Actual Growth over Time
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1.8
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Difference in Growth (Light-months)
1.4
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1.0
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0.0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Time from 'Explosion' (months)
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Hypotenuse (longest side of triangle)
Hypotenuse squared
Baseline (shortest distance from V838 to dust layer) 3 3 3 3 3 … 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Baseline squared
Hypotenuse2 Baseline2
A B C D E …
4 5 6 7 8 … 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 25 36 49 64 … 81 100 121 144 169 196 225
9 9 9 9 9 … 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
7 16 27 40 55 … 72 91 112 135 160 187 216
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Red Line = Square Square Root (Hyp2- Root (Hyp2-Base2) Base2) - Previous Square Root (Hyp2-Base2) 2.65 4.00 5.20 6.32 7.42 … 8.49 9.54 10.58 11.62 12.65 13.67 14.70 1.35 1.20 1.13 1.09 … 1.07 1.05 1.04 1.04 1.03 1.03 1.02
Red Line minus Blue Line
1.646 0.354 0.196 0.128 0.092 … 0.069 0.054 0.044 0.036 0.030 0.026 0.022
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Differences in Apparent Growth & Actual Growth over Time
2.0 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 0 5 10
Time from 'Explosion' (months)
Difference in Growth (Light-months)
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ual Growth over Time
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