The synodic period of Venus is the time it takes for:
A) Venus to complete a full orbit around the Sun.
B) Venus to complete a full rotation on its axis.
C) Venus to complete a full cycle of phases.
D) Earth to complete a full orbit around the Sun.
E) Earth to go from opposition to conjunction, relative to Venus.
C
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A) We do not have very good models. B) The density of materials was too low in their current orbits for the ice giants to have formed there. C) Jupiter and Saturn took up most of the material in the area; Uranus and Neptune must have formed elsewhere. D) It is too cold at their current locations for the ice giants to have formed there.
What type of celestial bodies are found within the Oort cloud?
a. terrestrial-like planets b. planetesimals c. icy gas giants d. dust and rock e. icy bodies
When sound travels faster at ground level than higher in the air, sound tends to bend
A) upward. B) downward. C) neither of these
_____ spectral type stars are hotter than _____ spectral type stars
a. A, K b. M, F c. B, O d. L, G