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james9437

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The Oort Cloud is thought to be
 
  A) the cloud of gas and dust from which our solar system formed.
  B) a cloud of debris that occasionally encounters the Earth, causing a meteor shower.
  C) the spherical cloud of comets and some larger icy bodies surrounding the outer solar system.
  D) a cloud of asteroids moving between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
  E) the material in the ecliptic plane that creates the zodiacal light.

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What would happen if mass is added to a 1.4 solar mass white dwarf?
 
  A) The star would explode as a nova.
  B) The star's radius would increase.
  C) The star would immediately collapse into a black hole.
  D) The star would erupt as a carbon detonation (type I) supernova.
  E) The core would collapse as a type II supernova.


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Fayaz00962

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

C

Answer to Question 2

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james9437

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Reply 2 on: Jul 27, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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