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urbanoutfitters

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When the parallax angle of a star is measured to be 0.002, the distance to the star is ________ light-years.

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Question 2

Collisions between galaxies are thought to:

A) have stopped about 5 billion years ago.
B) be commonplace.
C) have never occurred.
D) be extremely rare.
E) have only occurred between 10 and 15 billion years ago.

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cloud

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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

1600

Answer to Question 2

B

urbanoutfitters

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Reply #2 on: Jul 27, 2018

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Reply #3 on: Jul 27, 2018

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