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karateprodigy

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Suppose Einstein had never lived and did not publish the special theory of relativity in 1905. According to most historians of science, when would someone else have discovered the theory?
 
  A) within a year
  B) in about 10 to 20 years
  C) in about 50 years
  D) We still wouldn't know about it today.
  E) If Einstein hadn't lived, space and time would be very different, and the theory would have been discovered by the ancient Greeks.

Question 2

The recently dwarf planet Eris has an orbital period about the Sun, P, of 557 years. According to Kepler's 3rd Law, what is the semi-major axis, a, of its orbit?
 
  A) 55.7 AU
  B) 38.4 AU
  C) 72.1 AU
  D) 67.7 AU



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ilianabrrr

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Answer to Question 1

A

Al is floating freely in her spacecraft, and you are accelerating away from her with an acceleration of 1g.

Answer to Question 2

D




karateprodigy

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


cdmart10

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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