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The solar constant is a measure of
 
  a. the amount of solar energy reaching Earth.
  b. the length of the sunspot cycle.
  c. the period of rotation of the Sun's equator.
  d. the average number of sunspots seen during the Maunder minimum.
  e. the Sun's mass.

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The first observations of objects in the solar system that orbited neither the Sun nor Earth were made by ____________________.
 
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Sunspots
 
  a. are hotter than their surroundings.
  b. are regions where material is rising from below the photosphere.
  c. show the Zeeman effect indicating the presence of strong magnetic fields.
  d. produce spicules.
  e. are generally found near the poles of the Sun during sunspot maximum.

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____________________ made very accurate observations of the positions and movements of the planets that were later used to help develop the Rudolphine Tables.
 
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