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Residents can still use barbecue grills, smokers, or small cooking pits with a fuel area of 3 feet or less in diameter and 2 feet or less in height.
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Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
One of these will take place on Sept. 8, 2040, when the five brightest planets — Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn and Mars — will fit inside a circle 9.3 degrees in diameter.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Even rarer are the potential for tornadoes and hail more than two inches in diameter, meteorologists said.
—Amy Graff, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Key features: 10x magnification, 25mm objective lens diameter, non-removable glass solar filters, 5.7-degree angular field of view, 11.5 oz weight.
—Paul Brett, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2025
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Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
One of these will take place on Sept. 8, 2040, when the five brightest planets — Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn and Mars — will fit inside a circle 9.3 degrees in diameter.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Even rarer are the potential for tornadoes and hail more than two inches in diameter, meteorologists said.
—Amy Graff, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Key features: 10x magnification, 25mm objective lens diameter, non-removable glass solar filters, 5.7-degree angular field of view, 11.5 oz weight.
—Paul Brett, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Diameter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diameter. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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