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vinney12

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In the critical density universe now proposed, the ratio of dark energy to matter is about
 
  A) 1 to 5. B) 1 to 1. C) 10 to 1. D) 3 to 1. E) 1 to 100.

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Why can the Hubble Space Telescope give us better direct measurements of star diameters than larger Earth-based telescopes can?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

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Without the atmosphere and twinkling caused by turbulence, HST gives much better resolution and thus can directly image the disks of some of the giant stars, such as Betelgeuse.



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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again




 

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