Horizons: Exploring the Universe (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305960961
Author: Michael A. Seeds, Dana Backman
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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You and three of your friends have won an all-expenses paid one-time-only round-trip first-class vacation to anywhere in the Universe, so long as the choice of destination is unanimous. Where do you want to go, and how do you convince your friends to agree?
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Horizons: Exploring the Universe (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 1 - What is the largest dimension of which you have...Ch. 1 - What is the difference between our Solar System,...Ch. 1 - Why are light-years more convenient than miles,...Ch. 1 - Why is it difficult to detect planets orbiting...Ch. 1 - Prob. 5RQCh. 1 - What is the difference between the Milky Way and...Ch. 1 - What are the largest known structures in the...Ch. 1 - Prob. 8RQCh. 1 - How Do We Know? How does the scientific method...Ch. 1 - You and three of your friends have won an...
Ch. 1 - Think back to the last time you got a new phone...Ch. 1 - The diameter of Earth across the equator is 7928...Ch. 1 - The diameter of the Moon across its equator is...Ch. 1 - One astronomical unit is about 1.50108 km. Explain...Ch. 1 - Venus orbits 0.72 AU from the Sun. What is that...Ch. 1 - Light from the Sun takes 8 minutes to reach Earth....Ch. 1 - The Sun is almost 400 times farther from Earth...Ch. 1 - If the speed of light is 3.00105 km/s. how many...Ch. 1 - How long does it take light to cross the diameter...Ch. 1 - The nearest large galaxy to our n is about 2.5...Ch. 1 - How many galaxies like our own would it take Laid...Ch. 1 - In Figure 1-4, the division between daylight and...Ch. 1 - Prob. 2LTLCh. 1 - Prob. 3LTLCh. 1 - Prob. 4LTL
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