Today We Rely Largely on What Technique to Precisely Measure

question 98

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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