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tiara099

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How did the Hipparcos mission revolutionize our knowledge of stellar properties?
 
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The spherical distribution of the globular clusters in the Halo reminds us of the similar distribution of cometary nuclei in the ________ cloud.
 
  A) Hubble B) Kepler C) Kuiper D) Oort E) Shapley


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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
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In space, it had far better resolution than Earth-based telescopes, so could find parallaxes and accurate distances out to 200 parsecs, for almost a million stars. These, in turn, give the luminosities of these stars, critical to helping us understand all other stellar properties as well.

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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