On its way to Jupiter, Galileo also gave us close-ups of:

A) Mars and Venus.
B) Ceres and Vesta.
C) Gaspra and Ida.
D) Mathilde and Eros.
E) Mercury and Venus.


C

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In which of the following cases would inhabitants of Uranus never see the Sun rise or set?

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Sebastian has drawn a free-body diagram for a ladder of mass m leaning against a frictionless wall. His diagram is shown below. What is his error? ? ?

A.

 is in the wrong direction.

B.
 should be directed upwards, not down.

C.
 should be perpendicular to the wall, not parallel to it.

D.
  should be down into the floor for    to have the given direction.

E.
 is correct, but there should also be a force perpendicular to the wall.

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