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Author Question: Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the Sun, exhibits an annual parallax of 0.76 arcsec. Determine ... (Read 53 times)

sammy

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Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the Sun, exhibits an annual parallax of 0.76 arcsec. Determine the distance to Proxima Centauri in parsecs.

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The principle that states that the exact position and the velocity of an object can never be known simultaneously is called ______________ principle.
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jaymee143

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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d = 1/0.76 s = 1.3 parsecs

Answer to Question 2

Heisenberg's uncertainty


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Reply 2 on: Jul 28, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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Excellent

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