Eli5: how do we know the properties of things in space like stars and planets if we’ve never been on them?

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Eli5: how do we know the properties of things in space like stars and planets if we’ve never been on them?

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We use the scientific model. Also depends on what properties? Luminosity, mass, velocity, density, composition, distance, magnetic field, spin, etc. Everything uses a different form of the scientific model. We use technology and theories to determine properties of such objects.

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