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The Great Dark Spot is a feature of ______________.

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Question 32

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The smallest major planet in the solar system lacks

A) a surface.
B) a solid surface.
C) a moon.
D) a gravitational field.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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The largest volcano on Earth is in ______________.

Proof that Earth revolves around the Sun is obtained by the use of ______________ and the ______________.

The name given to the point of a planet's orbit that is closest to the Sun is

That a planet moves with different speeds in its orbit is given by which of Kepler's laws?

The study of astronomy involves

The planet ______________ contains more than half the mass of the solar system not in the Sun.

When a planet has the same meridian as a star, the planet is said to be in ______________.

The aberration of starlight gives proof that Earth is

______________ is the apparent motion that occurs between two fixed objects when the observer changes position.

The planets with known rings are Saturn, Neptune, ______________, and Jupiter.

Determine the sidereal period of a planet that is located 5.2 AU from the Sun.

The terrestrial planets have

The apparent displacement in the direction of light coming from a star because of Earth's orbital motion is called the ______________.

Halley's comet has a sidereal period of 76.2 years. Determine the value of the semimajor axis of its orbit. (Use Kepler's third law.)

The distance between Earth and the Sun is 93,000, 000 miles, or one ______________.

Which of the following planets can be in opposition?

The planet with the largest volcano in the solar system is

The planet with the Great Red Spot is