Cosmic Perspective Fundamentals
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Author: Bennett, Jeffrey O., Donahue, M. (megan), SCHNEIDER, Nicholas, Voit, Mark
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Choose the best answer to each of the following. Explain your reasoning.
A collision between two large spiral galaxies is likely to produce (a) a large elliptical galaxy. (b) a large spiral galaxy. (c) one large spiral galaxy and one large elliptical galaxy.
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