Multiple Choice
A geometric parallax is the apparent displacement of a foreground object relative to a background object when an observer's position changes and can be used to calculate the
A) temperature of faraway stars.
B) temperature of nearby stars.
C) distance of faraway stars.
D) distance of nearby stars.
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