Today We Rely Largely on What Technique to Precisely Measure

question 36

Multiple Choice

Today we rely largely on what technique to precisely measure distances in the solar system?

• A)transits of Venus across the Sun
• B)radar echo timings
• C)measurement of stellar parallaxes
• D)timings of the eclipses of its moons by Jupiter's shadow
• E)precise measurements of length of the year with atomic clocks

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