Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Can Solar System be assumed as a gigantic clock around the Sun and the motion of the Planets be predicted accurately?

  1. No, as One of the fundamental principles of experimental science is that no real measurement is infinitely precise, but instead must necessarily include a degree of uncertainty in the value.

  2. Yes, As the Newtonian Equations is the most deterministic model of motion of any object

  3. No, as it is impossible to actually measure the initial positions and speeds of the planets to infinite precision, and a very tiny imprecision in the initial conditions would grow in time at an enormous rate.

  4. No. The practical difficulty are the limits of computer power. Even with the help of calculators, desktop computers, Super Computers the long-term calculations were too lengthy. The conclusion from all this is that while new real-life chaos discoveries a

  5. Both A and D

  6. A, C, D
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F Correct answer
Explanation

The solar system cannot be treated as a perfectly predictable clock for multiple reasons: measurement uncertainty (A), chaos theory/sensitivity to initial conditions (C), and computational limitations (D). This is related to chaos theory - small imprecisions grow exponentially over time, making long-term prediction impossible.

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