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What do astronomers call a neutron star that spins?
(1 point) a pulsar O a white dwarf a constellation a supernova
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Blue
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Shooting stars aren't actually stars, what are they?
(1 point) O meteors O solar flares O supernovas emission lines
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Blue
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Alicia is an avid stargazer and noticed that, over time, one of her favorite stars appears to be switching locations across the
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Blue
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Pulsars are a celestial object, thought to be a rapidly rotating neutron star, that emits regular pulses of waves with a
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Exoctic_DrEaMs
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what can be described as "shooting stars" that streak across the sky in a brief flash of light?
a comets b meteorites c meteors d
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What can be described as shooting star? Is it straight across the sky in a brief flash of light
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he NASA Star Finder charts are constructed based on the visible night sky at 34° N latitude, about as far north of the equator
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8 Sundays until christmas
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make a sentance with thesefull moon
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Name43453433434
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Use the scenario to answer the question.
an astronomer discovers a new galaxy using a telescope. The astronomer wants to
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a star has a size of 0.1 solar radius. How many times larger is the sun than this star
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asia
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Halley's comet moves about the sun in an elliptical orbit with its closest approach to the SUn being .59AU and its greatest
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cyndi
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Why does the sun and moon appear to be the same size when viewed from earth.My answer is because the sun is bigger than the
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Americal
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Which objects would never be found inside the solar system?(1 point)
Responses stars that form constellations stars that form
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Kaii
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What can the accreting core be in the process of accretion?
(1 point) star, planet, or black hole cluster, globular, or galaxy
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Blue
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Edwin used a telescope from the 1920s and observes fuzzy blobs of light off in the distance. What is Edwin seeing?
(1 point)
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Blue
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Edwin used a
telescope from the 1920s and observes fuzzy blobs of light off in the distance. What is Edwin seeing? (1 point)
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Blue
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What could nebulae be considered?
(1 point) "nests" for stars "corpses" of galaxies "shed skin" of planets "hearts" of the
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Blue
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Astonomers discover a new planet orbiting a fixed point in space, but for reasons unknown, they can't directly observe a star
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Michelle
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An asteroid approaches Jupiter and is slung into a new trajectory around across the solar system. If it's eccentricity is
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The NASA Star Finder charts are constructed based on the visible night sky at 34° N latitude, about as far north of the equator
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Which of these is found inside the solar system? A) Moon B) Nebula C) Galaxy D) Black hole
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JT
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The Crab Nebula One of the most studied objects in the night sky is the Crab nebula, the remains of a supernova explosion
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Joseph
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A meteor moving 468 km per minute traveling in a south-to-north direction passed near Earth in 2013. Because the meteor was only
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Anonymous
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Star Right Ascension Declination
Aldebaran 4h 36m 16¢X 31' Miaplacidus 9h 13m -69¢X 42' Deneb 20h 41m 45¢X 20' Regulus 10h 08m
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keitanako
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The orbit of Halley's Comet around the Sun is a long thin ellipse. At its aphelion (point farthest from the Sun), the comet is
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Meisha
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If a comet has a perihelion distance of 1.AU and an orbital period of 125 Earth years.. What is the comet's aphelion? Cannot
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Liz
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What is a Comet Star ? IS it a star or type of Comet?
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anna
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write a paragrage about astroids impact
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the time for Earth to complete one revolution B. the time for stars to complete one rotation C. the time for Earth to complete
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Agent_KING#1
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_____ is a word used to describe space and all of the matter in it.
_____ is a word used to describe space and all of the matter
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In which constellation is the Sun currently located?
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Barbara
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Planets shine by reflected sunlight. How can planets be brighter than stars?
Approxinmately how many times brighter than Mars is
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Maeve
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A comet orbits the Sun with a period of 72.8 yr.
(a) Find the semimajor axis of the orbit of the comet in astronomical units (1
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Tim
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In which quadrant does star D lie
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Cat
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The NASA Star Finder charts are constructed based on the visible night sky at 34° N latitude, about as far north of the equator
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sal fisher
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A particular asteroid has a circular orbit about the Sun with a radius of 450 million miles. How long does it take to go around
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Shelby
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of all the visible objects in the celestial sphere, which one appears to move the least? why?
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jenny
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When astronomers find a redshifted celestial object, they say that the object is moving away from Earth. Can the redshift be
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Izzy
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It is not a homework, it is my question, and I hope it is explained.
Sometimes at night I look ATTENTIONALLY at the starry sky ,
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Bun
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What are the differences between asterisms, constellations, and clusters?
This is what I have so far: Constellations are patterns
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UnknownPerson
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Angular diameter of sun is 17" when measured from north pole and south pole of earth. Calculate distance of sun from earth if
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Anonymous
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use interplanetary in a sentce make it look like a 6th grader wrote it
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The biggest black holes in space
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Holding bots hostage in my basement
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true or false: the moon does not produce its own light
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Which is a black hole? (1 point)
O a body with strong gravity that nothing can escape O a large object in space that reflects all
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Which of these describes a nebula?(1 point)
Responses star close in size to the sun star close in size to the sun cloud of
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An asteroid is heading towards Mars at the rate of 7.7x10 to the power of 4 mi./hr. If the asteroid is 3.311x10 to the power of
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in 3 - 5 sentences , explain why the moon appears to be less bright than the sun despite its very close distance to earth
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Which is a black hole?(1 point)
Responses a body with strong gravity that nothing can escape a body with strong gravity that
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HI!
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Which is a black hole?(1 point) Responses a large object in space that reflects all light a large object in space that reflects
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