If You Wanted to Search for Faint Rings Around a Giant

question 75

Multiple Choice

If you wanted to search for faint rings around a giant planet by sending a spacecraft on a flyby, it would be best to make your observations

• A) as the spacecraft approached the planet.
• B) after the spacecraft passed the planet.
• C) while orbiting the planet.
• D) during the closest flyby.
• E) while orbiting one of its moons.

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