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In science fiction movies, spaceships are often shown dodging through large numbers of closely spaced, boulder-size objects. Which of the following real things in our solar system would look most like such science fiction dangers?
 
  A) the rings of Saturn B) the asteroid belt
  C) the Oort cloud D) the atmosphere of Jupiter

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A method for identifying a black hole is to
 
  A) search for radio waves from the accretion disk.
  B) locate a visible star that disappears when the black hole passes in front of it.
  C) search for their pulsar signal.
  D) look for voids in the star fields.
  E) look for its effects on a nearby companion.


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amandalm

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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
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Answer to Question 2

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