PHY 150 – Midterm Exam Questions with correct answers
PHY 150 – Midterm Ex am Questions with correct answers Solar Nebula Theory - states that the Sun, when forming in the nebula, generated planets, asteroids, etc from spinning disk of matter called the accretion disk. How long does it take the moon to complete one cycles of phases in days? - 29.5 Solar Nebula Theory Supports - - Most planets are on the same plane, "ecliptic" - all planets orbit in the same direction around the Sun - Inner rocky planets are small - Strange outer gaseous planets are large - Almost all rotate on their axes the same direction. Venus and Uranus backwards on their axes. -Pluto off the ecliptic orbit -Strange debris/asteroid belt, KB2, Oort Cloud
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