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David Hammen
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Is the sun's volume shrinking currently?
May 28 at 10:33
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What is the most accurate measurement of the Astronomical Unit?
Oct 17 at 18:29
40
Is it possible that the shadow of The Moon is a single dot during solar eclipse?
Sep 15 '19 at 19:13
36
Why is there so little nitrogen in the Martian and Venusian atmospheres?
Jul 3 '20 at 3:34
32
How was the mass of Venus determined?
Sep 27 '20 at 15:19
31
Is it a coincidence that on the far side of the moon almost no seas are visible?
Jun 8 at 23:31
31
How is it possible that Saturn's gravitational acceleration felt by Mimas is stronger than Mimas' own surface gravity?
Sep 14 '20 at 16:10
30
How many times brighter would full-earth-shine appear to people standing on the moon, than full-moon-shine does to people on earth?
Feb 8 at 9:07
30
What will the PRECISE time of the Summer Solstice 2020 be?
Jun 20 '20 at 19:23
30
Why can't our Sun be a binary with Jupiter as a T or Y dwarf?
Jun 5 '16 at 20:36
28
Why do sunspot rise in number "precisely" every eleven years?
Jun 20 at 15:28
28
Do our sun and moon have names?
Nov 30 '20 at 14:29
28
Why are the time zones calculated as 360°/24 and not 361°/24 or 360°/23.933?
Sep 26 '20 at 10:59
28
Why does the Earth have a z-component at the start of the J2000 epoch?
Jul 14 '19 at 16:47
28
Will Earth lose the Moon before the Sun goes into supernova?
Nov 20 '14 at 8:50
28
Is the Earth-Sun distance 1.012 AU?
May 18 '16 at 13:26
25
What do astronomers do different now that they know about fusion of the Sun?
Mar 24 at 5:41
23
Why does the Parker Solar Probe slow down as the distance from the Sun increases?
May 22 '20 at 1:17
22
How do Lagrange points L2 and L3 form?
Oct 17 at 21:26
22
Why won't the Sun set for days at N66.2 which is below the arctic circle?
Mar 23 at 1:21
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Why would the side of the moon that faces earth be as dark as the far side of the moon?
Feb 7 at 10:46
22
How did the Earth come to be in orbit around the sun?
Jun 6 '16 at 9:58
22
Is there any planet/star bigger than VY Canis Majoris?
Jan 20 '15 at 20:13
21
The moon has just the right speed not to crash on the Earth or escape into space. What are the odds?
Jan 30 at 11:14
21
Why are there no terrestrial planets with a subsurface ocean?
Jun 24 '20 at 1:06
21
Why can't we see distant galaxies with the naked eye?
Jan 15 '15 at 13:48
20
Simple experimental evidence that Earth revolves around Sun
Jul 9 '18 at 20:35
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Why doesn't the sun pull the moon away from earth?
Jun 9 '15 at 13:02
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Is it possible that the Sun and all the nearby stars formed from the same nebula?
Feb 11 at 5:03
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How does the Moon's gravity affect Earth's oceans despite Earth's stronger gravitational pull?
Aug 15 '19 at 15:15
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