Our Understanding of the Solar System Has Come in a Way

question 123

Multiple Choice

Our understanding of the solar system has come in a way that can best be described as:

• A)constant since prehistoric times.
• B)slow and steady since the discovery of the telescope by Galileo.
• C)erratic, with spurts when new planets were found.
• D)steady until the last decade, when the decline in the space program slowed it a great deal.
• E)explosive, with us learning more in the past few decades than in all previous history.

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