Loose Leaf For Explorations: Introduction To Astronomy
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781260432145
Author: Thomas T Arny, Stephen E Schneider Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5, Problem 6TY
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The effect of ionized gas in interstellar space on the observation of pulsing radio signals from a stellar remnant in a distant part of the Milky Way.
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