Part a:
How could you support or refute the hypothesis of “The planet has no metalliccore”,if a newly discovered planetis as large in radius as Venus, rotates with the same dailyperiod as Mars, and lies 1.2 AU from its star (identical to Sun)?You are in a spacecraft which is orbiting the planet without landing?
Part b:
How could you use the spacecraft’s photos of geological features to determine whether a significant atmosphere is (or was) present on this planet, if a newly discovered planetis as large in radius as Venus, rotates with the same dailyperiod as Mars, and lies 1.2 AU from its star (identical to Sun).You are in a spacecraft which is orbiting the planet without landing?
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