Multiple Choice
How can we tell that some stars are relatively close to Earth in the sky?
A) The stars appear to move periodically back and forth against the background stars because of Earth's movement around the Sun.
B) The stars appear to be extremely bright and must therefore be very close to us.
C) The stars are occasionally occulted or eclipsed by the Moon; hence, they must be close.
D) The light from these stars shows only a very small redshift caused by the universal expansion of the universe, so they must be close.
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