Chapter 19 Star Formation
... Individual cloud fragments begin to collapse. Once the density is high enough, there is no further fragmentation. Reason: the star has become opaque to its own radiation: It has a photosphere! After this, the ‘trapped radiation heats the interior of the object as it contracts. Stage 3: Object become ...
... Individual cloud fragments begin to collapse. Once the density is high enough, there is no further fragmentation. Reason: the star has become opaque to its own radiation: It has a photosphere! After this, the ‘trapped radiation heats the interior of the object as it contracts. Stage 3: Object become ...
The Birth, Life, and Death of Stars
... BBN does not generate any heavy elements! He-ashes fuse in the hot (T ≈ 108 K) and dense (n ≈ 1028 cm−3 ) core Physics demands a tiny concentration of 8 Be (n8 /n4 ≈ 10−8 ) Carbon is formed: α + α → 8 Be + α → 12 C + γ (7.367 MeV) Every atom in our body has been formed in stellar cores! ...
... BBN does not generate any heavy elements! He-ashes fuse in the hot (T ≈ 108 K) and dense (n ≈ 1028 cm−3 ) core Physics demands a tiny concentration of 8 Be (n8 /n4 ≈ 10−8 ) Carbon is formed: α + α → 8 Be + α → 12 C + γ (7.367 MeV) Every atom in our body has been formed in stellar cores! ...
1 Bruna Contro1,*, Rob Wittenmyer1,2,3, Jonti Horner2,3
... Over the course of the 60 Myr integrations described in the previous sections, the disk of debris orbiting HR 8799 undergoes drastic sculpting. The most readily apparent result of this sculpting is the rapid and complete clearing of debris from the outer region of the disk. Simply put, debris in thi ...
... Over the course of the 60 Myr integrations described in the previous sections, the disk of debris orbiting HR 8799 undergoes drastic sculpting. The most readily apparent result of this sculpting is the rapid and complete clearing of debris from the outer region of the disk. Simply put, debris in thi ...
Lecture 1 & 2 Introduction and Origins – Chapter 1 & 2
... Chronometers shown in brown. Accretion of planetary material was interrupted by energetic electromagnetic radiation (T Tauri phase) sweeping across the disk within a few Myr of the isolation of the solar nebula. Runaway growth of planetesimals produces Mars-sized planetary embryos, which, collision ...
... Chronometers shown in brown. Accretion of planetary material was interrupted by energetic electromagnetic radiation (T Tauri phase) sweeping across the disk within a few Myr of the isolation of the solar nebula. Runaway growth of planetesimals produces Mars-sized planetary embryos, which, collision ...
a geocentric orrery
... couple of black lights. That was most effective at night when all that could be seen were the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and stars. Against the backdrop, which acted as stars placed at infinite distance, the audience had no trouble seeing the retrograde motion of Mars (an outer planet). A col ...
... couple of black lights. That was most effective at night when all that could be seen were the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and stars. Against the backdrop, which acted as stars placed at infinite distance, the audience had no trouble seeing the retrograde motion of Mars (an outer planet). A col ...
(as Main Sequence Stars)?
... tenth as massive as our sun? A: 1 billion years = 109 years B: 10 billion years = 1010 years C: 100 billion years = 1011 years D: 1 trillion years = 1012 years ...
... tenth as massive as our sun? A: 1 billion years = 109 years B: 10 billion years = 1010 years C: 100 billion years = 1011 years D: 1 trillion years = 1012 years ...
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... Complete the pre-‐lab quiz with your team. Compile a list of resources you expect to use in the lab. Work with your team to complete the lab exercises and activities. Record your results and mar ...
... Complete the pre-‐lab quiz with your team. Compile a list of resources you expect to use in the lab. Work with your team to complete the lab exercises and activities. Record your results and mar ...
ASTRONOMY 301 EXAMPLES OF TEST
... radio waves, infrared and blue light, ultraviolet radiation, and X-rays. all of the above. ...
... radio waves, infrared and blue light, ultraviolet radiation, and X-rays. all of the above. ...
Two Earths in one Solar System
... in the middle with planets orbiting it. Because after many orbits long term effects come in to play, called secular interactions. A planet in an orbit can then be viewed as a ring of mass, since the planet will be in most places in it’s orbit repeatedly. This gives interactions between rings of mass ...
... in the middle with planets orbiting it. Because after many orbits long term effects come in to play, called secular interactions. A planet in an orbit can then be viewed as a ring of mass, since the planet will be in most places in it’s orbit repeatedly. This gives interactions between rings of mass ...
On Hyperdimensional Physics… and More….
... self-consistent. Even more radical: Riemann proposed that the basic laws of nature in 3space, the three mysterious forces then known to physics -- electrostatics, magnetism and gravity -- were all fundamentally united in 4-space, and merely "looked different" because of the resulting "crumpled geome ...
... self-consistent. Even more radical: Riemann proposed that the basic laws of nature in 3space, the three mysterious forces then known to physics -- electrostatics, magnetism and gravity -- were all fundamentally united in 4-space, and merely "looked different" because of the resulting "crumpled geome ...
Chapter7.2
... • Hellish conditions due to an extreme greenhouse effect • Even hotter than Mercury: 470C, day and night © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. ...
... • Hellish conditions due to an extreme greenhouse effect • Even hotter than Mercury: 470C, day and night © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. ...
Sample pages 1 PDF
... segregation. However, giant impacts with planetesimals played an important role in partially eroding the atmosphere of Earth, and promoting thermal escape of diverse components. As a consequence, the Earth’s atmospheric composition could have been subjected to important changes along the eons. A las ...
... segregation. However, giant impacts with planetesimals played an important role in partially eroding the atmosphere of Earth, and promoting thermal escape of diverse components. As a consequence, the Earth’s atmospheric composition could have been subjected to important changes along the eons. A las ...
Solutions Assignment #3
... To get the area in square light-years, we will first convert the radius of the individual particles to light-years. Appendix E tells us that a light-year is 9.46 1012 kilometers, or 9.46 1015 meters. The grains have radii of 10–7 meter and this converts to 1.06 10–23 light-years. The area of a singl ...
... To get the area in square light-years, we will first convert the radius of the individual particles to light-years. Appendix E tells us that a light-year is 9.46 1012 kilometers, or 9.46 1015 meters. The grains have radii of 10–7 meter and this converts to 1.06 10–23 light-years. The area of a singl ...
Powerpoint
... smaller, and Type Sc is the smallest. Type Sa tends to have the most tightly bound spiral arms, with Types Sb and Sc progressively less tight, although the correlation is not perfect. The components of spiral galaxies are the same as in our own Galaxy: disk, core, halo, bulge, spiral arms. ...
... smaller, and Type Sc is the smallest. Type Sa tends to have the most tightly bound spiral arms, with Types Sb and Sc progressively less tight, although the correlation is not perfect. The components of spiral galaxies are the same as in our own Galaxy: disk, core, halo, bulge, spiral arms. ...
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... D) Sunspot activity virtually ceased between the years 1645 and 1715. E) The energy output from the Sun was at a minimum from the years 1843 through 1902 5) Stars like the Sun probably do not form iron cores during their evolution because … A) all of the iron is ejected when they become planetary ne ...
... D) Sunspot activity virtually ceased between the years 1645 and 1715. E) The energy output from the Sun was at a minimum from the years 1843 through 1902 5) Stars like the Sun probably do not form iron cores during their evolution because … A) all of the iron is ejected when they become planetary ne ...
Astronomy Final review key - Hicksville Public Schools
... 37. The gravitational force between two objects depends on the distance between the objects and each object’s (1) mass (3) pressure (2) volume (4) temperature 38. A full Moon is observed in Buffalo, New York, on June 1. Approximately when will the next full Moon be observed in Buffalo? (1) June 7 (3 ...
... 37. The gravitational force between two objects depends on the distance between the objects and each object’s (1) mass (3) pressure (2) volume (4) temperature 38. A full Moon is observed in Buffalo, New York, on June 1. Approximately when will the next full Moon be observed in Buffalo? (1) June 7 (3 ...
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... D) Sunspot activity virtually ceased between the years 1645 and 1715. E) The energy output from the Sun was at a minimum from the years 1843 through 1902 26) Stars like the Sun probably do not form iron cores during their evolution because … A) all of the iron is ejected when they become planetary n ...
... D) Sunspot activity virtually ceased between the years 1645 and 1715. E) The energy output from the Sun was at a minimum from the years 1843 through 1902 26) Stars like the Sun probably do not form iron cores during their evolution because … A) all of the iron is ejected when they become planetary n ...
Name - MIT
... B) Neutrinos were released from the Sun at record lows in 1987 C) Sunspot activity virtually ceased between the years 1645 and 1715. D) Gamma rays were released from the Sun at record lows in 1987 E) The energy output from the Sun was at a minimum from the years 1843 through 1902 27) Stars like the ...
... B) Neutrinos were released from the Sun at record lows in 1987 C) Sunspot activity virtually ceased between the years 1645 and 1715. D) Gamma rays were released from the Sun at record lows in 1987 E) The energy output from the Sun was at a minimum from the years 1843 through 1902 27) Stars like the ...
Name - MIT
... B) Neutrinos were released from the Sun at record lows in 1987 C) Sunspot activity virtually ceased between the years 1645 and 1715. D) Gamma rays were released from the Sun at record lows in 1987 E) The energy output from the Sun was at a minimum from the years 1843 through 1902 27) Stars like the ...
... B) Neutrinos were released from the Sun at record lows in 1987 C) Sunspot activity virtually ceased between the years 1645 and 1715. D) Gamma rays were released from the Sun at record lows in 1987 E) The energy output from the Sun was at a minimum from the years 1843 through 1902 27) Stars like the ...
Exploring the Solar System with space probes
... for research. Not only the Moon but also the planets of our Solar System could now be reached with robotic space probes, despite their incomparably greater distance. Venus and Mars were the first, followed in short order by Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn and other bodies even farther out. The innumerable ...
... for research. Not only the Moon but also the planets of our Solar System could now be reached with robotic space probes, despite their incomparably greater distance. Venus and Mars were the first, followed in short order by Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn and other bodies even farther out. The innumerable ...
Chapter11
... In this chapter, we use the laws of physics in a new way. We develop theories and models based on physics that help us understand how stars work. For instance, what stops a contracting star and gives it stability? We can understand this phenomenon because we understand some of the basic laws of phys ...
... In this chapter, we use the laws of physics in a new way. We develop theories and models based on physics that help us understand how stars work. For instance, what stops a contracting star and gives it stability? We can understand this phenomenon because we understand some of the basic laws of phys ...
Unit 8 Chapter 28 Minor Bodies of the Solar System
... More than a thousand asteroids have orbits that sometimes bring them very close to Earth. These asteroids have wide, elliptical orbits that bring them near Earth's orbit. Barringer Meteorite Crater, also known simply as Meteor Crater, in Arizona, has a diameter of more than 1 km which scientists bel ...
... More than a thousand asteroids have orbits that sometimes bring them very close to Earth. These asteroids have wide, elliptical orbits that bring them near Earth's orbit. Barringer Meteorite Crater, also known simply as Meteor Crater, in Arizona, has a diameter of more than 1 km which scientists bel ...
class 1,S11
... • How did we come to be? —The matter in our bodies came from the Big Bang, which produced hydrogen and helium. —All other elements were constructed from H and He in stars and then recycled into new star systems, including our solar system. • How can we know what the universe was like in the past? • ...
... • How did we come to be? —The matter in our bodies came from the Big Bang, which produced hydrogen and helium. —All other elements were constructed from H and He in stars and then recycled into new star systems, including our solar system. • How can we know what the universe was like in the past? • ...
Jupiter`s ring
... object (e.g. a moon) can exist, as a body held together by its selfgravity, as it orbits a more massive body (e.g. its parent planet); closer in, and the smaller body is ripped to pieces by the tidal forces on it. ...
... object (e.g. a moon) can exist, as a body held together by its selfgravity, as it orbits a more massive body (e.g. its parent planet); closer in, and the smaller body is ripped to pieces by the tidal forces on it. ...
Formation and evolution of the Solar System
The formation of the Solar System began 4.6 billion years ago with the gravitational collapse of a small part of a giant molecular cloud. Most of the collapsing mass collected in the center, forming the Sun, while the rest flattened into a protoplanetary disk out of which the planets, moons, asteroids, and other small Solar System bodies formed.This widely accepted model, known as the nebular hypothesis, was first developed in the 18th century by Emanuel Swedenborg, Immanuel Kant, and Pierre-Simon Laplace. Its subsequent development has interwoven a variety of scientific disciplines including astronomy, physics, geology, and planetary science. Since the dawn of the space age in the 1950s and the discovery of extrasolar planets in the 1990s, the model has been both challenged and refined to account for new observations.The Solar System has evolved considerably since its initial formation. Many moons have formed from circling discs of gas and dust around their parent planets, while other moons are thought to have formed independently and later been captured by their planets. Still others, such as the Moon, may be the result of giant collisions. Collisions between bodies have occurred continually up to the present day and have been central to the evolution of the Solar System. The positions of the planets often shifted due to gravitational interactions. This planetary migration is now thought to have been responsible for much of the Solar System's early evolution.In roughly 5 billion years, the Sun will cool and expand outward many times its current diameter (becoming a red giant), before casting off its outer layers as a planetary nebula and leaving behind a stellar remnant known as a white dwarf. In the far distant future, the gravity of passing stars will gradually reduce the Sun's retinue of planets. Some planets will be destroyed, others ejected into interstellar space. Ultimately, over the course of tens of billions of years, it is likely that the Sun will be left with none of the original bodies in orbit around it.