Chapter 4: Problem 12
What is a protosun? What causes it to shine? Into what does it evolve?
Chapter 4: Problem 12
What is a protosun? What causes it to shine? Into what does it evolve?
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Consider a hypothetical trans-Neptunian object located 100 AU from the Sun. What would be the orbital period (in years) of this object?
What is an asteroid? What is a trans-Neptunian object? In what ways are these minor members of the solar system like or unlike the planets?
In what ways is Pluto similar to a terrestrial planet? In what ways is it different?
What are proplyds? What do they tell us about the plausibility of our model of the solar system's origin?
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