Which of the following terms is given to a pair of stars that we can determine are orbiting each other only by measuring their periodic Doppler shifts?

A) spectroscopic binary
B) eclipsing binary
C) visual binary
D) double star


A) spectroscopic binary

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What will be an ideal response?

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An astronaut is taking a space walk when his tether breaks. He has a big drill. How can he get back to the space ship?

A. Turn his back to the ship and throw the drill forward B. Face the ship and throw the drill forward. C. Throw the drill towards the tether.

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A concave mirror has a focal length of 20 cm. What is the position (in cm) of the resulting image if the image is inverted and four times smaller than the object?

a. 15 b. 25 c. 50 d. 100 e. -15

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