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AST.043 Seasonal Constellations
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A student designs a model with Earth at the center and the Sun orbiting Earth once each year to explain seasonal constellations. What is the scientific problem with using that as the preferred explanation?
A
It is wrong because the Sun has no apparent path among background stars.
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It is wrong because seasonal constellations cannot be modeled at all.
C
It reverses the actual cause; Earth's revolution around the Sun explains the changing nighttime direction in the accepted heliocentric model.
D
It is wrong because Earth does not rotate, so there is no night side.
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