Had It Been Observed in the 16th Century,which of the Following

question 63

Multiple Choice

Had it been observed in the 16th century,which of the following astronomical sources might have challenged Aristotelian physics for the same reasons that Tycho's supernova did?

• A) interstellar dust
• B) comets
• C) a bright source appearing in the sky for only a single night
• D) atmospheric seeing

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Definitions:

Fertilized

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Splits

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Zygotes

are the initial cell formed when a new organism is produced by sexual reproduction, resulting from the fusion of male and female gametes.

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