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1- The following question is found under part C - The Planets. Click on C3: Dire

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1- The following question is found under part C - The Planets. Click on C3: Direct and Retrograde Motion of the Planets, and step through the three exercises on planetary motions. The following question is from the second exercise: 'Retrograde motion'.

Which statement best describes the motion of Jupiter and Saturn?

They move in loops.

They move eastward then stop and then move westward

The move eastward and then westward.

The move eastward, stop, move westward, stop and then move eastward again.

2- Set the date for September 21, 2015 at 5am and zoom in on Venus (right click on Venus and select 'Magnify'). What phase was Venus in on this date?

gibbous

full

crescent

quarter

3- Set the date for October 18, 2015 at 6:30am and zoom in on Mercury. What phase is Mercury in on this date?

gibbous

quarter

full

crescent

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1- The following question is found under part C - The Planets. Click on C3: Dire