Essential Cosmic Perspective
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Chapter 10, Problem 32EAP
Look at the dot for Jupiter in Figure 10.13, then at the red dot directly to Jupiter’s left. Compared to the density of Jupiter, the density of the planet represented by that dot is (a) higher. (b) lower. (c) the same.
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