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Davideckstein7

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Kepler's idea that planets move in ellipses around the sun is best classified as
 
  A) a fact.
  B) an incorrect fallacy.
  C) an experimental observation.
  D) a useful theory.
  E) a hallucination.

Question 2

A spaceship is moving between two distant stars at 0.932c. To someone in the ship, the distance between the two stars appears to be 26.9 light-years (ly). What is the distance between the stars in the rest frame of the stars?
 
  A) 74.2 ly
  B) 9.75 ly
  C) 21.5 ly
  D) 56.5 ly



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

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