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If you lived on the Moon how often would the Earth set below your horizon?
 
  a. Every 24 hours
  b. Once a sidereal period (27.3 days)
  c. Once a synodic period (29.5 days)
  d. Every year
  e. Never

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If the orbital velocity of an eclipsing binary is 97 km/sec and the smaller star is completely eclipsed in 2 hours, what is the diameter of the smaller star?
 
  a. 175,000 km
  b. 350,000 km
  c. 194 km
  d. 700,000 km
  e. 4656 km


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

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Answer to Question 2

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