We Can't Detect Stellar Parallax with Naked-Eye Observations

question 77

Multiple Choice

We can't detect stellar parallax with naked-eye observations. Which of the following would make parallax easier to observe?

• A) increasing the size of Earth's orbit
• B) speeding up Earth's orbital motion
• C) slowing down Earth's orbital motion
• D) Speeding up the precession of Earth's axis
• E) getting away from streetlights

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