The star Wolf 1061 has a parallax of 2.34 arcseconds, while the star Ross 652 ha

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Melanie

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on: Aug 28, 2013

The star Wolf 1061 has a parallax of 2.34 arcseconds, while the star Ross 652 has a parallax of 1.70 arcseconds. What can you correctly conclude?
A) Both stars are outside the Milky Way galaxy.
B) Wolf 1061 must have a larger proper motion than Ross 652.
C) Ross 652 must have a larger proper motion than Wolf 1061.
D) Ross 652 is closer to Earth than Wolf 1061.
E) Wolf 1061 is closer to Earth than Ross 652.

penza

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Reply #1 on: Aug 28, 2013

Oh! I know the answer is E.

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