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Contrast the composition of stony and iron meteorites.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The mass of Saturn can be determined by applying Kepler's 3rd Law to the motion of a single ice particle in its rings.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false


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

Stony meteorites are less dense, with a lot of silicates, while iron meteorites are denser, with composition like the cores of the terrestrial planets.

Answer to Question 2

TRUE


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