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Which planet may have helium rain in its interior, and what does this rain do?
 
  A) Uranus, where it makes the ground wet.
  B) Neptune, where it is restructuring the planet's interior.
  C) Jupiter, where it may be an energy source for the Great Red Spot.
  D) Saturn, where it generates heat as it falls downward.

Question 2

Why do stars appear to twinkle?
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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

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Answer to Question 2

In space, the light of the stars appears steady and images are sharp. But in passing through our atmosphere, the narrow shafts of star light are shifted constantly by turbulence, hence the images dance around in the eyepiece for us on the ground.


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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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