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Mimi

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Which statement about planetary rings is not true?
 
  A) Rings are always located closer to a planet's surface than any large moons.
  B) Individual ring particles orbit their planet in accord with Kepler's laws, so that particles closer in orbit faster than particles farther out.
  C) Saturn's rings formed along with its moons 4.6 billion years ago.
  D) All four jovian planets have rings.

Question 2

For Galileo, the observation of the phases of ________ proved that Ptolemy's geocentric model with epicycles was wrong.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


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Sophiapenny

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

C

Answer to Question 2

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Mimi

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Reply 2 on: Jul 27, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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