Saturn's rings may have been formed when a small moon or icy planetesimal came within Saturn's _______________ and tides pulled it apart

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


Roche limit

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Venus has a highly eccentric orbit, accounting for its large temperature extremes

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A uniform solid sphere rolls without slipping along a horizontal surface. What fraction of its total kinetic energy is in the form of rotational kinetic energy about the CM?

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A radioactive nuclide of atomic number Z emits an electron, then the daughter nuclide emits a gamma ray. What is the atomic number of the resulting nuclide after both processes?

A) Z+1 B) Z-1 C) Z-2 D) Z-3

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Derive the stability criterion for the explicit solution of two-dimensional transient conduction.

GIVEN Two-dimensional transient conduction FIND (a) The stability criterion for an explicit solution

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