Multiple Choice
In stating his paradox,Olber expected the night sky to be bright and not dark as we see it because he thought that
A) the space between the stars would be filled with gas (such as the Orion Nebula) ,which would emit light.
B) airglow and auroral light excited by solar particles,by his calculations,would produce significant illumination in our atmosphere.
C) Earth's atmosphere should refract (bend) the sunlight around Earth to illuminate the night sky.
D) every line of sight should eventually intersect a star in an infinite universe randomly scattered with stars.
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