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Foundations of Astronomy, Enhanced
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ISBN: 9781305980686
Author: Michael A. Seeds; Dana Backman
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 10, Problem 1DQ
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Whether the outer space is a vacuum or not and how many atoms would be found in the volume of the space about the size of the sugar.
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