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When are Mercury and Venus easiest to observe from Earth? Why? How much of then can we see at that time?
 
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The darkness of the night sky in an infinite universe is addressed in
 
  A) Steady State Physics.
  B) the Cosmological principle.
  C) General Relativity.
  D) Special Relativity.
  E) Olbers's paradox.


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

At greatest elongations, they rise farthest east and west of the Sun, and can be best seen in evening and morning twilight. But they will appear only half lit.

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Reply #2 on: Jul 27, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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Reply #3 on: Jul 27, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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