Who was the first person to realize that the planets move in elliptical paths around the sun?

A) Kepler
B) Copernicus
C) Brahe
D) Einstein
E) Galileo


A

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Astronomers are often asked how we know that these objects still exist when we look at them in the night sky. How would you try to answer this question?

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Select the characterisitics that apply to both Jovian and terrestrial planets.

Select all that apply.

  • Are spherical
  • Earth-like
  • Gas giant
  • Had/has a hot interior
  • Has an atmosphere
  • Large
  • Many moons
  • May have rings
  • Orbits around sun
  • Rocky surface
  • Small
  • Strong gravitational field

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Sixty miles per hour is the same as

a) 129 ft/s b) 41 ft/s c) 21 ft/s d) 88 ft/s

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the magnetic field in the primed frame.

A. A B. B C. C D. D E. Toward the viewer F. Away from the viewer T. There is no field of this type.

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