Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780134746241
Author: Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
Publisher: PEARSON
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The best evidence from Earth that our solar system has a disk-like, flattened distribution of planetary orbits is...

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The Oort cloud's shape
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The disk-like shape of Saturn's rings
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