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What are two pieces of evidence that support the big bang theory?

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red shift of light and cosmic background radiation

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Which statement best describes how galaxies generally move?

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They usually move away from one another

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Compared to other groups of stars, this group has relatively low lumonosities and low surface temprature

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red dwarfs

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which two stars can have similar brightness?

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blue supergiants and supergiants

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5
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Which planet is 10x farther from the sun than earth

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Saturn

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The closer two foci are together the more circular the eccentricity will be

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Yes

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Earths orbital velocity is the slowest on January 5th

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Because the earth is the furthest away from the sun on that day.

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Solar eclipse

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The moon sun and earth all have to be aligned

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what object in space admits light because of nuclear fusion

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Polaris

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Compared to terristorial planets jovian planets have

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Longer orbital revolutions

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