Pearson Etext Astronomy Today -- Access Card (9th Edition)
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Author: Chaisson, Eric, MCMILLAN, Steve
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Chapter 1, Problem 3P
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The constellation in which the vernal equinox will lie in A.D.
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Pearson Etext Astronomy Today -- Access Card (9th Edition)
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