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Diane

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on: Jul 27, 2018
What may have caused Mercury to have a large metallic core and a relatively thin crust?
 
  a. a large impact
 b. tidal coupling with the Sun
 c. solar wind clearing the nebula
  d. a slow orbital period
 e. a long period of flooding

Question 2

The Chandrasekhar limit defines the ____.
 
  a. maximum mass of a white dwarf
 b. lifetime of a white dwarf
 c. temperature for carbon fusion
 d. separation between medium- and high-mass stellar evolution
  e. stellar surface temperature needed to ionize a planetary nebula


Eazy416

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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

a


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