Explorations: An Introduction to Astronomy (Arny), 7th Edition

Chapter 8: Survey of SolarSystems

Thought Questions

1
Make arguments supporting the rules adopted for defining planets and dwarf planets, or, create and justify your own set of rules.
2
What kinds of physics would be important to include in a computer simulation of solar system formation?
3
How are the kinds of exoplanets found by the Doppler method a biased sample of exoplanets? Give an example of a survey method that might give a biased result in everyday life.
4
How do some exoplanets differ from what we might expect? Does this prove the nebula theory is wrong?
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