Understanding Our Universe
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ISBN: 9780393614428
Author: PALEN, Stacy, Kay, Laura, Blumenthal, George (george Ray)
Publisher: W.w. Norton & Company,
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Chapter 7, Problem 44QAP
(a)
To determine
The average temperature of Moon in degree Celsius.
(b)
To determine
Weather the calculated temperature meets the expected temperature on the moon.
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