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ISBN: 9781938168284

Author: Andrew Fraknoi; David Morrison; Sidney C. Wolff

Publisher: OpenStax

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Chapter 19, Problem 4E

Which method would you use to obtain the distance to each of the following?

A. An asteroid crossing Earth’s orbit

B. A star astronomers believe to be no more than 50 light-years from the Sun

C. A tight group of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy that includes a significant number of variable stars

D. A star that is not variable but for which you can obtain a clearly defined spectrum

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