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How does the Sun's mass compare with that of the planets?
 
  A) It is a hundred times more massive than all the planets combined.
  B) It is a thousand times more massive than all the planets combined.
  C) It is about as massive as all the planets combined.
  D) It is a thousand times more massive than Earth.
  E) It is a hundred times more massive than Earth.

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What is the likely origin of Triton? Why do we believe this?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

It is probably a captured KBO. It orbits Neptune backwards (or retrograde), and well off from the planet's equator.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 27, 2018
Excellent

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