A Geometric Parallax Is the Apparent Displacement of a Foreground

question 18

Multiple Choice

A geometric parallax is the apparent displacement of a foreground object relative to a background object when an observer's position changes and can be used to calculate the

• A)temperature of faraway stars.
• B)temperature of nearby stars.
• C)distance of faraway stars.
• D)distance of nearby stars.

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Unity based on role differentiation, not similarity.

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