Assignment 1: Chapters 1 and 2 [1] Short answer questions (2 points for each lettered subheading): (a) What happens to the strength of the gravitational attraction between two masses if you reduce the distance between them by half? Gravitational Force: What happens to the strength of the gravitational attraction if you do not alter the […]
Is space tourism today a sustainable business reality or an utopia ? Conduct a review of the current state of the space tourism and its evolution. Description Abstract and key ideas/points to cover: Since the origin of time, space has fed the imagination of mankind. Visionary artists like Jules Verne, Stanley Kubrick or Herge were […]
How do the radiogenic ages of the samples brought back by Apollo 11 and 12 compare to the “typical” ages of rocks from the Earth?
The feasibility and success of human mission to mars Description The paper must be for the government, policy makers, financial backers, the public and the press, introducing the medical and technological challenges of human space travel and exploration, and detailing health and technological risk reduction strategies. Note that by the time of assessment, there will […]
Description Go to the European Southern Observatory (ESO) archive on Star Clusters – ESO Star Clusters Select 2 images of star clusters, include their names and the images here. For each image, is it an open cluster or a globular cluster? What are the colors of the stars in the image? What does it suggest […]
Suppose you are an astronomer who is planning to collect radio waves emitted by gas clouds in our galaxy. What kind of collector will you choose to collect radio waves? Where will you put your collector, in your backyard? Explain your answer briefly. Some infrared telescopes are built on volcanoes, such as those in Hawaii. Using the material […]
List the five chief types of radiation in order of increasing wavelength. Use the internet to find a typical wavelength in meters of each of the five types. Then find out what object wavelength. would be similar in size to each of the five wavelengths you listed.
Prompt: You have been called before congress. Lawmakers from every part of the country, representing constituents from all walks of life, are asking you to give a speech on why the country should invest in basic science/astronomy research. Write a 750 word Speech on why America as a country should invest in fundamental research about […]
There are between 100 billion and 400 billion stars in our Milky Way Galaxy. Assuming we are a “typical” galaxy, how many stars are there within galaxies in the visible universe? If every star in the universe was the mass of the sun ( ~2 x 1030 kg), how much would the universe weigh?
1) Why do you suppose that the discovery of Neptune is regarded as a triumph of science, whereas the discoveries of Uranus and Pluto are not? 2) What is unique about the rotational axis of Uranus? If the surface of Uranus is nearly featureless, how was the rotational axis determined? 3) Neptune has more dynamic […]
