UNIVERSE LL W/SAPLINGPLUS MULTI SEMESTER
UNIVERSE LL W/SAPLINGPLUS MULTI SEMESTER
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Author: Freedman
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Chapter 20, Problem 58Q
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The distance between the neutrinos and the first photons from SN 1987A in km and au, if the neutrinos from SN 1987A arrived 3 hours before visible light.

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