ASTRO 1102 Midterm: AST 102 Cornell astro102 exam3 formD answerkey

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Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question: this is version d of the exam. 1: this is wrong, this is wrong, this is wrong, this is correct answer, this is wrong, the mass of saturn"s rings is 2x1019 kg. What is the ratio of this mass to that of a 200 km diameter. 7: the kuiper belt; short period comets tend to be in the plane of the solar system, just like the. 2: which of the following characteristics would not necessarily suggest that a rock we found is a. When the earth passes through the orbit of an asteroid, we are bombarded by sand(cid:1)sized particles which cause a meteor shower: the nuclei of comets gradually disintegrate and spread out along the comet"s orbital path. When the earth passes through the orbit of a comet, we are bombarded by sand(cid:1)sized particles which cause a meteor shower.