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Solutions for Astronomy: A Beginner's Guide to the Universe (8th Edition)
Problem 3RD:
Why does the Sun rise in the east and set in the west each day? Does the Moon also rise in the east...Problem 7RD:
LO3 Why are there seasons on Earth?
Problem 8RD:
What is precession, and what is its cause?
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LO4 If one complete hemisphere of the Moon is always lit by the sun, why do we see different phases...Problem 10RD:
What causes a lunar eclipse? A solar eclipse? Why aren’t there lunar and solar eclipses every...Problem 14RD:
LO5 What two pieces of information are needed to determine the diameter of a faraway object?
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LO6 VIS What is the scientific method? In what ways does science differ from religion?
Problem 3CT:
The solar day is longer than the sidereal day. (T/F)
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The angular diameter of an object is inversely proportional to its distance from the observer....Problem 7CT:
If we know the distance of an object from Earth, we can determine the object’s size by measuring its...Problem 8CT:
If Earth rotated twice as fast as it currently does, but its motion around the Sun stayed the same,...Problem 9CT:
A long, thin cloud that stretched from directly overhead to the western horizon would have an...Problem 10CT:
When a thin crescent of the Moon is visible just before sunrise, the Moon is in its (a) waxing...Problem 11CT:
If the Moon’s orbit were a little larger, solar eclipses would be
more likely to be annular;
more...Problem 12CT:
If the Moon orbited Earth twice as fast, but in the same orbit, the frequency of solar eclipses...Problem 14CT:
VIS In Figure 0.19 (Triangulation), using a longer baseline would result in
a less accurate distance...Problem 1P:
The vernal equinox is now just entering the constellation Aquarius. In what constellation will it...Problem 2P:
Given that Earth orbits at 150,000,000 km from the Sun, through what distance does Earth move in a...Problem 3P:
How, and by roughly how much, would the length of the solar day change if Earth’s rotation were...Problem 4P:
How long does it take for the Moon to move a distance equal to its own diameter of angular 0.5°?
Problem 5P:
Given that the distance to the Moon is 384,000 km, and taking the Moon’s orbit around Earth to be...Problem 6P:
Use reasoning similar to that illustrated in Figure 0.7 to verify that the length of the synodic...Problem 7P:
The baseline in Figure 0.19 is 100 m and the angle at B is 60°. By constructing the triangle on a...Problem 8P:
Use reasoning similar to that in Discovery 0-1 (but now using a circle centered on the object and...Browse All Chapters of This Textbook
Chapter 0 - Charting The Heavens: The Foundations Of AstronomyChapter 1 - The Copernican Revolution: The Birth Of Modern ScienceChapter 2 - Light And Matter: The Inner Workings Of The CosmosChapter 3 - Telescopes: The Tools Of AstronomyChapter 4 - The Solar System: Interplanetary Matter And The Birth Of The PlanetsChapter 5 - Earth And Its Moon: Our Cosmic BackyardChapter 6 - The Terrestrial Planets: A Study In ContrastsChapter 7 - The Terrestrial Planets: A Study In ContrastsChapter 8 - Moons, Rings, And Plutoids: Small Worlds Among GiantsChapter 9 - The Sun: Our Parent Star
Chapter 10 - Measuring The Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, And The Main SequenceChapter 11 - The Interstellar Medium: Star Formation In The Milky WayChapter 12 - Stellar Evolution: The Lives And Deaths Of StarsChapter 13 - Neutron Stars And Black Holes: Strange States Of MatterChapter 14 - The Milky Way Galaxy: A Spiral In SpaceChapter 15 - Normal And Active Galaxies: Building Blocks Of The UniverseChapter 16 - Galaxies And Dark Matter: The Large-scale Structure Of The CosmosChapter 17 - Cosmology: The Big Bang And The Fate Of The UniverseChapter 18 - Life In The Universe: Are We Alone?
Book Details
For one-semester Introduction to Astronomy courses. With the Eighth Edition of Astronomy: A Beginner's Guide , trusted authors Eric Chaisson and Steve McMillan bring a renewed freshness and analysis to recent changes in our understanding of the cosmos. As with the other two books in their Astronomy suite (one for two-semester courses and the other, a brief visual book), the authors continue to emphasize three major themes: the process of science, the size and scale of the universe, and the evolution of the cosmos. This new edition ignites reader interest with new discoveries from the latest space missions and a new focus on reader-oriented engagement.
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The diameter of the Earth is about 15,000 km while the diameter of the Sun is about 1,500,000 km....Geocentric model is the model in which the Earth is considered to be stationary and all other...The time interval to finishing one cycle of vibration, this time is known as period. The period is...In reflecting telescope there uses mirror to eliminate the chromatic aberrations, But in the...The larger and the outer planets of the solar system are called jovian planets, and planets which...The tides that arise in the oceans of the Earth are the result of the gravitational pull by the Moon...Mercury is the first planet of the solar system which is nearest to the sun and has no atmosphere...Uranus occupies the seventh position in the solar system having third largest planetary radius and...The range of Galilean moons varies in from the size smaller than earth’s moon to slightly greater...
The part of the Sun, where the energy is produced is called core. The radius of the core is 200000...The distance to the nearest stars can be measured using parallax. Parallax is the apparent motion of...The space between interstellar objects is filled with interstellar gas and dust. Interstellar gas is...The sun produces heat and light energy by fusing hydrogen into helium at its core. As sun belongs to...A neutron star is collapsed core of a giant star. The neutron stars are composed of neutrons with...Globular clusters are the spherical group of starts that can be found near the galaxies. A typical...Galaxies are mainly categorised into four, spiral, barred spirals, elliptical, and irregular, on the...The mass of a galaxy can be measured in several different ways. The most accurate technique is the...The universe contains defined structure on various scales which varies from smaller scale systems...There is no any accurate answer for the question that life is existing only on earth. Another...
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