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High School Understanding the Rotation of Stars: Origins and Processes
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High School How Can Light Be Influenced by Gravity?
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High School Earth's Path: Why Ellipse? - How Come, Why Not Circular Motion?
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High School What is the time of perihelion for different planets?
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High School Mystery of the Moon's Rotation: Investigating Comet Impacts
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High School Why Did They Place the Lunar Laser Reflector on the Moon's Near Side?
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High School What are the shapes of orbits that exist in our solar system
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High School How Do You Calculate Acceleration and Distance of a Free-Falling Object?
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High School What causes tidal gravitational forces?
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High School Gravitational Force: What Keeps Two Bodies From Colliding?
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High School Ecliptic, Celestial equator and horizon?
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High School Physics In Space Assignment - Year 12
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High School What is the Earth's orbital speed around the sun?
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High School Is Betelgeuse Really Over 100,000 Times Brighter Than the Sun?
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High School Did Mercury and Gemini use the same capsule?
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High School Balloon within a balloon question
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High School Comparing Matter & Antimatter Suns
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High School Why does the Moon rotate around the Earth?
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High School GyratorIIVLFReceiver and 75 cm VLF loop antenne
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High School Why Does Camera Flash Brighten Stars in the Sky?
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High School Do even torch lights twinkle in the sky?
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High School Does twinklingdepends on the star or the distance?
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High School Why hasnt been artificial satellites torn apart?
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High School Can someone calc these escape velocities?
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High School Proof of satellite revolve around earth in circular path
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High School Is the Earth's net charge really zero?
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High School Uranus Rotates On 2 Poles? | Learn About Its Movements
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High School 2 Bright things in the sky. Which 1 is Venus? And what's the other object?
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High School Where Is Dark Matter in Our Universe?
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High School Do all stars belong to galaxies?
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High School Sun disappearing thought experiment
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High School Are Planetary Orbits in the Solar System Flat or 3D?
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High School Map the Sky: Charting Stars & Planets Pencil & Paper Style
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High School What are the factors that affect the speed of light?
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High School Why are there two tides a day when there is only one moon?
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High School Why Do Stars Appear Blue to the Naked Eye but Red in Scientific Images?
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High School Oort cloud bodies and prevalence
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High School Does the Earth get bigger from the sun?
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High School Some very basic Astronomy questions
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High School What is a Morton Wave on the Sun?
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High School Understanding Moon Phases: Examples & Visualization
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High School Galaxy Solar System: Giant Solar Systems Explained
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High School Earth's Mass: Does It Include People & Everything Else? | Simple Question
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High School Questions regarding Earth life came from Mars - ? - Thanks
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High School What is 1 AU? Definition & Explanation
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High School Are Supermassive Black Holes Really at the Center of Galaxies?
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High School Do we know what type of organism first started life on Earth?
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High School How Do Meteor Showers Occur?
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High School Why Does the Moon Glow? Causes of Illumination
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High School Studying for Intro Astronomy Exam: Galileo & Star Spectral Class
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High School Is there a 3D map of the naked-eye visible nightsky objects?
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High School General info on our solor system
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High School Hubble Discovers New Supernova in Cygnus
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High School What was the level of astronomy like in say 1888?
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High School Is There a Planetoid Bigger Than Pluto?
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High School Why is everything in the Solar system on a flat plane?
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High School Uncovering the Truth: The Demotion of Pluto and the Search for New Dwarf Planets
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High School Is it possible that (re: earth and moon)
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High School Why Is Earth's Orbit Elliptical and Not Circular
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High School View Milky Way: How to Capture Photos from Earth
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High School Question about monitoring radio waves/frequencies in space.
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High School How Do You Determine Position and Speed in Space?
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High School Simple Astronomy questions - Need
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High School Estimating Month Length - Tips from Owen
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High School Movement in Space: Understanding Acceleration & Force
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High School Layman's question about orbital planes
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High School Understanding Sun Storms: Causes, Intensities, and Time Periods
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High School Does the earth translate around the sun?
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High School Could Gliese 581 Be Our Next Habitable Planet?
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High School Ideas for High School Astrophysics Course Syllabus
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High School Is Earth’s orbit far from circular?
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High School Question about Phases of the Moon. Thanks
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High School Is the Waning Crescent Visible Near the Horizon?
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High School What would happen if you fell into a black hole?
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High School Why are solar eclipses so short compared to lunar eclipses?
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High School Super black holes and stars orbiting them
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High School What Are Some Math-Based Topics for an Astrophysics Project?
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High School *Quick question: When is VENUS visable in the sky in this period ?
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High School Tele Vue / Meade laser test: question
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High School How can I view a star catalog in a txt file?
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High School Question why does the moon move around the earth
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High School Understanding Buoyancy: Why Do We Float in Water?
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High School Mysterious Flash in the Sky - Ask PF Community
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High School Finding the Angular Distance Between Jupiter and its Moons (Galilean)
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High School String of satellites transits moon?
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High School Moon Question (Vacuum, air, escape vel.)
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High School Comet Passing by Earth: Effects & Destruction
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High School Are there any geostationary orbits around the Moon?
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High School The origin of water in the universe
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High School Hi,please anybody tell any reference book for astrophysics.
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High School Question about how stars appear to move westward?
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High School Can you see Venus shining near the noon hour?
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High School Calculating speeds of radio to a planet
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High School Which Direction Does the Milky Way Span Across the Sky?
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High School What keeps the planets in their consistant orbit?
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High School Why do stars appear to be white in color?
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High School What is the maximum mass a planet can reach?
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High School My First Iridium Flare - Unexpected Bright Light in the Sky
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High School Why Doesn't Air Get Sucked into Space?
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High School Kepler-9 b,c planets discovered
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