Often, an Asteroid Viewed from Earth Appears to Change Its

question 105

Multiple Choice

Often, an asteroid viewed from Earth appears to change its brightness periodically because the

• A) albedo is significantly different on one side than the other.
• B) leading side is very dark and the trailing side is very bright like Iapetus, a satellite of Saturn.
• C) asteroid is elongated, so it may present a larger or a smaller cross section to Earth as it rotates.
• D) asteroid is simply passing through the shadow of another asteroid.

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