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# What is the approximation made in the parallax method?

Distance between a point on the earth and the planet is very large as compared to the distance between two points on earth's surface.

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In parallax method, an approximation is made that distance between a point on the earth and the planet is very large as compared to the distance between two points on the earth's surface.

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