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The student wants to specify the reason the Pleiades' appearance changed. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal? Notes: * Ancient Native American and Australian Aboriginal cultures described the Pleiades star cluster as having seven stars. * It was referred to as the Seven Sisters in the mythology of ancient Greece. * Today, the cluster appears to have only six stars. * Two of the stars have moved so close together that they now appear as one.
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- 1The Pleiades has seven stars, but two are so close together that they appear to be a single star.
- 2In the time since ancient cultures described the Pleiades as having seven stars, two of the cluster's stars have moved so close together that they now appear as one.✓
- 3Although once referred to as the Seven Sisters, the Pleiades appears to have only six stars today.
- 4Ancient Native American and Australian Aboriginal cultures described the Pleiades, which was referred to in Greek mythology as the Seven Sisters, as having seven stars.
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In the time since ancient cultures described the Pleiades as having seven stars, two of the cluster's stars have moved so close together that they now appear as one.
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