Why was Voyager 2 an extremely efficient and productive probe?
What will be an ideal response?
Using gravitational assists, Voyager 2 was able to visit all four jovian planets, making many discoveries along the way. In effect, one spacecraft performed the equivalent of four missions.
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What is the Milankovitch hypothesis and what evidence is there to support this hypothesis?
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A nonprismatic cantilever beam of one material is subjected to load P at its free end. Moment of inertia I2 5 2I1. The ratio r of the deflection ?B to the deflection ?1 at the free end of a prismatic cantilever with moment of inertia I1 carrying the same load is approximately:
(A) 0.25
(B) 0.40
(C) 0.56
(D) 0.78
The form of heat transfer that doesn't depend on a medium is
A) conduction. B) convection. C) radiation. D) all of the above
Which of the following correctly describes the meridian in your sky?
A) a half-circle extending from your horizon due east, through your zenith, to your horizon due west B) a half-circle extending from your horizon due north, through your zenith, to your horizon due south C) a half-circle extending from your horizon due east, through the north celestial pole, to your horizon due west D) the point directly over your head E) the boundary between the portion of the celestial sphere you can see at any moment and the portion that you cannot see