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Title: Comets appear to race across the sky in photographs, but in reality they remain nearly stationary ...
Post by: Rnaprh on Mar 19, 2018
Comets appear to race across the sky in photographs, but in reality they remain nearly stationary relative to the stars.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

In the proton-proton cycle, the positron is
 
  A) massless.
  B) a spin conservation particle.
  C) an anti-electron.
  D) the chief means energy reaches the photosphere.
  E) intermediate between the proton and neutron in mass.

Question 3

One of the best known craters on Earth is the Barringer Crater in Arizona. It was formed by:
 
  A) a large volcanic eruption.
  B) the same impact thought to have contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs.
  C) the impact of an asteroid whose mass was around 200,000 tons.
  D) testing of nuclear bombs during the Cold War.
  E) the impact of a comet whose mass was around 25 tons.

Question 4

A binary star system is one with two stars orbiting each other. How can the Doppler effect be used to find binary stars whose orbital plane is along our line of sight? Their periods?
 
  What will be an ideal response?


Title: Comets appear to race across the sky in photographs, but in reality they remain nearly stationary ...
Post by: AlexMore on Mar 19, 2018
Answer to q. 1

TRUE

Answer to q. 2

C

Answer to q. 3

C

Answer to q. 4

As the two stars orbit each other rapidly, one will approach us, creating a blue shift of its spectral lines, while its retreating companion shows a redshift. The time to go through two splits and recombinations of their lines is their orbital period.


Title: Comets appear to race across the sky in photographs, but in reality they remain nearly stationary ...
Post by: Rnaprh on Mar 19, 2018
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Title: Comets appear to race across the sky in photographs, but in reality they remain nearly stationary ...
Post by: AlexMore on Mar 19, 2018
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