Roughly how many hours of right ascension does the Moon change each night as it orbits the Earth (round to two decimal places)? (Hint: a sidereal month is 27.3 days and a synodic month is 29.5 days, but you will have to determine which of these is helpful here)

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Q: Which unit of measurement is larger?

A: 1 rad = 57.3 degree. So for 1 rad we required 57.3 degree.  So 1 degree = (1/57.3) < 1 rad

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A: Given : 235,000

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A: The given values are, x=1465.18 km NθAlb.=35.08° N

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A: Let us draw the diagram of the situation. AB = 200 km BC = 355 km

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Q: If the sidereal period of Jupiter is 11.86 Earth-years, calculateits synodic period.

A: Given data: Sidereal period of Jupiter, S=11.86 Earth - years Synodic period, P=?

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Q: II. You have been hired as a space weather forecaster. At 11:30:00 UT on your first day, November…

A: Distance from earth to sun = 149.6 million km = 149.6 x 106 km

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A: In the notation a×bc a is coefficient , b is base and c is exponent.

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A: London is +1 hour GMT. So, 12 noon means 11 am in GMT

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