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Shelles

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Why do you suppose water has been such a popular heat transfer material (steam heat, hot water systems, etc)?
 
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Why does the Doppler shift method of detecting extrasolar planets only give us the minimum mass of a planet?
 
  A) because we don't necessarily know the density of the planet
  B) because we don't necessarily know the angle the planet's orbit makes with our line of sight
  C) because we don't necessarily know the diameter (size) of the planet
  D) because we don't necessarily know the mass of the parent star very


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janieazgirl

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

It is readily available, but more importantly, it has a relatively large heat capacity and latent heat values. Hence, it can store large quantities of heat to be transferred elsewhere.

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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