It is believed that there was a heavy bombardment of planetesimals at what stage in planetary development?

a. cratering
b. flooding
c. slow surface evolution
d. plate tectonics
e. differentiation


a

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A Hooke's law spring is compressed 12.0 cm from equilibrium and the potential energy stored is 52.0 J. What is the spring constant in this case?

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The image formed by a concave mirror when the object is placed between the mirror and the focal point has the following characteristics:

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