The search for extrasolar planets has uncovered a phenomenon astronomers call a "hot Jupiter." If our Solar System had one, where would it orbit, relative to the other planets?

What will be an ideal response?


Closest to Sun
Hot Jupiter

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Jupiter
Farthest from Sun

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The force on a charged object divided by the charge on the object is __________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Complete this statement: The larger the decrease in the star's brightness as a planet transits in front of its star, ________ of the planet.

A) the larger the size (radius) B) the larger the mass C) the longer the orbital period D) the larger the orbital distance

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The lookback time of the cosmological horizon is

A) the age of the universe. B) the Big Bang . C) 1 billion years. D) 10 billion years.

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