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Wadzanai

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The light radiated from the Sun's surface reaches Earth in about 8 minutes, but the energy of that light was released by fusion in the solar core about ________.
 
  A) a few hundred thousand years ago B) one hundred years ago
  C) three days ago D) one thousand years ago

Question 2

If Uranus takes 84 years to orbit the Sun, and Voyager 2 found its rings wide open at solstice in 1989, when will or did they next appear edge on, as seen from Earth?
 
  A) 1995
  B) 2003
  C) 2010
  D) 2025
  E) They can never appear edge on, due to Uranus' 98 degree axial tilt.


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missalyssa26

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

A

Answer to Question 2

C


Wadzanai

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Reply #2 on: Jul 27, 2018
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Reply #3 on: Jul 27, 2018
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