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A Typical Comet Loses What Fraction of Its Mass Each

Question 79

Question 79

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A typical comet loses what fraction of its mass each time it passes close to the Sun (i.e., at each perihelion passage) ?


A) less than 0.001%
B) 10%
C) 0.1%
D) 0.5% to 1%

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