The Essential Cosmic Perspective (8th Edition)
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Decide whether the statement makes sense (or is clearly true) or does not make sense (or is clearly false). Explain clearly: not all of these have definitive answers, so your explanation is more important than your chosen answer.
19. If the Sun were magically replaced with a giant rock that had precisely the same mass, Earth’s orbit would not change.
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