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All Textbook Solutions for Stars and Galaxies
1RQ2RQ3RQWhat is the difference between the Moon and a moon?5RQWhy are light-years more convenient than miles, kilometers, or AU for measuring the distances to stars and galaxies?7RQ8RQ9RQ10RQWhat are the largest known structures in the Universe?12RQ13RQ14RQ15RQ16RQ1DQ2DQ3DQ4DQ1PThe equatorial diameter of the Moon is 3476 kilometers. If a kilometer equals 0.6214 miles, what is the Moons diameter in miles?3PA typical galaxy is shown on the first page of the Universe Bowl on the inside cover of the printed book. Express the number of stars in this typical galaxy in scientific notation.5P6P7P8PIf the speed of light is 3.0 105 km/s, how many kilometers are in a light-year? How many meters? (Hint: First look up or calculate how many seconds are in a year.)10PHow long does it take light to cross the diameter of the Milky Way Galaxy?12P13P1LL2LL3LL4LL5LL6LL1RQ2RQ3RQ4RQ5RQ6RQ7RQ8RQ9RQ10RQ11RQ12RQ13RQ14RQ15RQ16RQ17RQ18RQ19RQ20RQ21RQ22RQ23RQ24RQ25RQ26RQ27RQ28RQ29RQAll cultures on Earth named constellations. Why do you suppose this was such a common practice?2DQ3DQ4DQ5DQ1P2P3P4P5P6P7P8P9P10PWhat is the angular distance from the north celestial pole to the point on the sky called the vernal equinox? To the summer solstice?12P13P14PFind the Big Dipper in the star trails photograph on the left side of The Sky Around You.2LL3LLLook at The Sky Around You, item 1a. In the looking south illustration, is Canis Major a circumpolar constellation? Why or why not?5LL6LL1RQ2RQ3RQ4RQ5RQ6RQ7RQ8RQ9RQ10RQ11RQ12RQ13RQWhy do solar eclipses happen only at new moon? Why not every new moon?15RQ16RQWhat is the angular diameter of the Moon in the third-quarter phase? What is the shortest/longest angular distance from the horizon to the Moon in the third-quarter phase when the time is midnight or noon?Why cant the Moon be eclipsed when it is halfway between the nodes of its orbit?19RQ20RQ21RQ22RQ1DQ2DQ3DQ4DQ5DQPretend the Moons orbit around Earth is a perfect circle. How long does it take in units of days for the Moon to move 90 degrees relative to the stars? Is this number dependent on the synodic period or the sidereal period?2P3P4P5P6P7P8P9P10P11PExamine the list of upcoming lunar eclipses in Table 3-1. What fraction of years have two eclipses?13P14P15PWhen will the eclipse described in Problem 15 next be total as seen from Canada?17P18P1LL2LL3LL4LL5LL6LL7LL8LL9LL10LL11LL12LL1RQ2RQ3RQ4RQ5RQ6RQWhich two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) shapes did Plato and Aristotle consider perfect? Give an example of a 2D and 3D nonperfect geometrical shape.8RQ9RQ10RQ11RQ12RQ13RQ14RQ15RQ16RQ17RQ18RQ19RQ20RQ21RQ22RQHow did the Alfonsine Tables, the Prutenic Tables, and the Rudolphine Tables differ?24RQ25RQ26RQ27RQ1DQ2DQ3DQ4DQ5DQDraw and label a diagram of the western horizon from northwest to southwest and label the setting points of the Sun at the solstices and equinoxes for a person in the Northern Hemisphere. (Hint: See Figure 3 in the Chapter 2 Concept Art: The Sky Around You and Figure 4-1.)2P3P4P5P6P7POne planet is three times farther from the Sun than another. Will the farther planet take more, less, or the same amount of time to orbit the Sun? Will the closer planet orbit slower, faster, or the same speed? How much longer will the farther planet take to orbit than the closer planet? If the closer planet is located at 10 AU, how far is the farther planet, and what are the two planet's names?9P10P11P1LL2LLWhat three astronomical objects are represented here? What are the two rings?4LL1RQ2RQ3RQ4RQ5RQ6RQ7RQ8RQ9RQ10RQ11RQ12RQ13RQ14RQ15RQ16RQ17RQ18RQ19RQ20RQ21RQ22RQ23RQ24RQ25RQ26RQ27RQ28RQ29RQ30RQ31RQ32RQ33RQWhy is the period of an open orbit undefined?
35RQ36RQ37RQ38RQ39RQ40RQ41RQ42RQ1DQ2DQ3DQ4DQ5DQ6DQ7DQAn astronomy textbook is to be dropped from a tall building on Earth. One second after dropped, what are the textbook’s speed, velocity, and acceleration? After 2 seconds? After 3 seconds? The book hits the ground; what are the book’s speed, velocity, and acceleration?
2P3P4P5P6P7P8P9P10P11PDescribe the shape of the orbit followed by the slowest cannonball in Figure 3 of the Concept Art, pretending that the cannonball could pass freely through Earth. (Newton got this problem wrong the first time he tried to solve it.)
13P14P15P16PA moon of Jupiter takes 1.8 days to orbit at a distance of 4.2 105 km from the center of the planet. What is the total mass of Jupiter plus this moon? (Note: One day is 86,400 seconds.)1LL2LL3LL1RQ2RQ3RQ4RQ5RQ6RQ7RQ8RQ9RQ10RQ11RQ12RQ13RQ14RQ15RQ16RQ17RQ18RQ19RQWhat is the role of prisms and gratings in spectrographs?21RQ22RQ23RQ24RQ25RQ1DQ2DQ3DQ4DQ1P2P3P4P5P