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Calculate the wavelength of peak emission for a typical sunspot and compare it to that of the photosphere. How many times
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Kaitlyn
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What is the Lorentz factor for a spaceship traveling at 0.5c?
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Linda
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The maximum wavelength of emission from Neptune's cloud tops is 6.0 x 10-5m. Using this value, determine the temperature of
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Kaitlyn
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you are 100,000 feet above planet B and the ground range to your horizon point is 400 miles. What is the radius of planet B?
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Anonymous
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You've been told the Earth puts out 0.070 [W/m squared] as a global average. What would you predict would be the surface heat
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Jeremy
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If the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) is at a temperature of 2.7K, what is its peak wavelength?
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Leila
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Suppose when we look in one half of the sky, the CMBR appears to be at a temperature of 2.72K. What is the peak wavelength in
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Leila
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If the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) is at a temperature of 2.7K, what is its peak wavelength?
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Leila
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If the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies are approximately 2 million light years apart and are moving toward each other at
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Jobeth
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Consider an object that emits thermal radiation at a peak wavelength of 12.2 nm. What is the temperature of this object?
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Ryan
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Give at least two pieces of evidence in the Preview chapter that contradict the belief that the universe is less than 10,000
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Cathy
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If M is the mass of one body and m is the mass of another body, and their separation is d, then the gravitational force between
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Haley
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A polar satellite, in a low Earth orbit passing over both poles, makes 16 orbits each day. Viewed from Earth, how far apart in
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Scarlett
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Purpose the run somehow becomes a black hole without change in its mass , it will pull into itself
a.all the planets b.only
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Ajai
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What is the radius of the sun?
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jane
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What is the maximum altitude above the horizon at which it is possible to find the moon when you are observing from a position
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jane
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Enter the expression for kinetic energy ( ) below. Use m_1 for mass and v for velocity.
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LaV ern
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Enter the expression for kinetic energy ( ) below. Use m_1 for mass and v for velocity.
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LaV ern
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How to find the orbital radius of a planet?
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Jola
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The volume of a ball is given in terms of its radius by V=4π3R3. Use this to find the average density of Saturn, i.e. the mass
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sam
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Suppose the Moon is at a (center-to-center) distance D from Earth. Find an exact expression for the magnitude of the tidal force
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sam
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The majory of galaxies (by number) are:
- barred spirals - giant ellipticals - lenticulars - dwarfs
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qwerty
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Which of the following can be considered evidence of galaxy evolution observed in the Milky Way?
- differential rotation of the
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qwerty
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Mergers of two supermassive black holes will be major sources for observations of gravitational waves in the future. What do
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qwerty
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If a comet was at aphelion (furthest distance from the sun) in 1944 and will be at perihelion (closest point to the sun) in
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Rico
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If a comet was at aphelion (furthest distance from the sun) in 1944 and will be at perihelion (closest point to the sun) in
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Rico
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For this question assume the moon is 110 of its diameter away from the Earth.
The largest apparent size of Mercury that we ever
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Elisabeth
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What is the size, i.e. the radius, of a black hole with a mass equal to that of Earth (MEarth=6×1024kg)? Give your answer to
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qwerty
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Look up where Voyager 1 is now and compute how many lighthours it is away.
Round your answer to the nearest number of light
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qwerty
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Which of the below statements about the CMB are true?
(i) The “hot” and “cold” spots are areas where photons have
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qwerty
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What were the relative energy densities in the early Universe? (below, DE means dark energy)
(a) They remain roughly equal: �rad
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qwerty
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The Universe is filled with a frozen in Higgs condensate. If this were to suddenly disappear/evaporate, what would happen?
(a)
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qwerty
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What percentage of the energy budget do electrons occupy? Take the energy budget occupied by matter to be 4.4%.
(a) 3.9% (b) 0.1%
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qwerty
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Basically the ``Bohr radius'' for the dark matter is
rB=ℏ^2 / GN M m^2 where m is the dark matter mass, M is the total amount
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qwerty
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Calculate the amount of energy released if a total of 1.5 kg of hydrogen is fused into helium.
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Steven
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On the Autumnal Equinox, you see the Moon in the Waxing Crescent Phase at an angle of 45 degrees above the western horizon. What
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Maria
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1. Sun-grazing comet ISON disintegrated on November, 2013. Observation of the comet suggested an elliptical orbit with period
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keitanako
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In fact, more precise calculations suggest that ISON was on a hyperbolic, unbound orbit. How much more precise?
Find the minimal
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keitanako
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For an object of mass m in a circular orbit of radius R under the gravitational influence of a center of mass M, find an
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keitanako
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1. In this collection of problems we will try to use what we have learned to see what information about a hypothetical Solar
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keitanako
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The volume of a ball is given in terms of its radius by V=(4*pi/3)*R^3. Use this to find the average density of Nursat, i.e. the
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keitanako
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What is my Astrological "Sun Sign" and how was it determine if I was born on August 12, 1953.
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Barbara
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Why is it possible that the Sun may then have been in a different constellation than your "Sun Sign" on August 12, 1953.
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Barbara
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a.According to the Starry Night program, which constellation the Sun was actually in at the instant of a person birth on August
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Ann
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Why is it possible to see the planet Mercury at 6:45 pm on February 5, 2014.
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Rashida
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What five object were found in the sky on February 5, 2014 at 9 pm.
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Ann
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Why is the portion of Venus opposite the direction of the Sun not apparent.
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Barbara
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Why is the portion of the Moon opposite the direction of the Sun not apparent?
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Barbara
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Why is it possible to see Mercury at 6:45 pm on February 5, 2014?
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Carol
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How far will Venus be from Earth on February 19, 2014?
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Carol
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