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What planet has the most visible rings

Saturn is the planet with the most visible rings. Saturn's rings are one of the most iconic symbols of astronomy.
Saturn is the planet in our solar system that is famous for the rings.

What is the smallest of the terrestrial planets

Mercury is the smallest of the terrestrial planets.

Contains mostly older stars with a red color

elliptical galaxy....

The Milky Way is one

The Milky Way is a galaxy.

What was found by astronomers who noticed a strange pattern in the orbit of Uranus

Neptune

As water is cooled its density does what until it reaches about 4 C

As water is cooled its density increases until it reaches about 4 C and then it decreases.

What are the small dense remains of a high mass star

What are the small dense remains of a high mass star

Gas giants have many more moons than terrestrial planets due to have higher

Gas giants have a higher mass.

This means that the gas giants have a more gravity to hold moons in orbit around them.

A detected apparent change in the pitch caused by the motion of a sound source or of an observer is called

The Doppler effect.

The Doppler effect.

The Doppler effect.

The Doppler effect.

Remnants of a planet that never formed

That may be the asteroids.

Do terrestrial planets have more moons than the outer gas giants

Terrestrial means on Earth so Earth is the only terrestrial planet

This is incorrect, the first 4 planets are terrestrial as they are solidly bound planets. Pluto was also a terrestrial dwarf planet. Any planet can have moons but due to the gas giants having larger gravitational forces they have traditionally gathered more moons. Thusly, no.

The giant red spot is found on the planet

the giant red spot is found in the planet jupiter.

Which Planets in our solar system is most habitable besides Earth

There is no planet other than Earth that is known to be habitable. By habitable I mean a person could walk on the surface without a space suit and not fry or freeze or suffocate or get a lethal dose of radiation...

What is the process of the water cycle from the moment the sun transfers its energy

The process of evaporation begins after it. it will turn water into water vapour.

What planet is physically most similar to the earth

As far as we know, Mars is the planet that is the most similar to the earth.

When you are in moons shadow

A solar eclipse is when the moon is causing a shadow on the Earth.

A lunar eclipse is when the Earth is causing shadow on the moon.

What extended part of the sun's atmosphere is visible only during a total solar eclipse

The corona.

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