TEST ASTRONOMY SFU3073 19/06/2021, 11:36 PM

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Name *

Abdul Zul Hanizam bin Mohamad

Matrix No. *

20172080260

Group *

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Test Instructions
Answer all the Questions.

What is the closest star to the Sun? * 1/1

Sirius

Vega

Betelgeuse

Rigel

Proxima Centauri

Which of the following ARE NOT TRUE about mercury? (more than one 2/2
answer) *

In six months, Mercury orbits twice around the Sun

The eccentricity of the orbit is 0.03

Surface temperature varies substantially due to high eccentricity

Mercury has no natural satellites

Mercury has stronger magnetic field compared to the earth

Mercury is the hottest planet because it located close to the Sun

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What are the gaps in the blackbody spectrum? * 1/1

Strange nuclear reactions

Absorption by certain atoms and molecules.

Emission by certain atoms and molecules.

Reflection from the star’s corona.

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about chromosphere? * 1/1

The thickness around 500 km

The temperature is between 4500 K to 6000 K

Its radiation is so much weaker than that of the photosphere

The chromosphere can be seen during total lunar eclipse.

Why do astronomers prefer to use parsec instead of light years? * 1/1

Parsec is a smaller unit than light years.

Parsec is a bigger unit than light years.

Parsecs can be directly calculated.

Parsec is easier to imagine than light year.

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Which statements in NOT TRUE about radio telescope? * 1/1

Radio telescope need large dish to obtain good angular resolution

Radio telescope need eye piece to enlarge the image

Radio telescope observe the cool object in the universe

The sensitivity of radio telescope is depend on the efficiency of the antenna

Radio telescope can do 24 hours observation

Which are following statements ARE TRUE about photosphere? * 0/1

The innermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere

The visible surface of the Sun, where the density rapidly increases inwards

Both the continuous spectrum and the absorption lines are formed in the
photosphere

Granulation form on photosphere due to convection

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Which of the following is NOT TRUE about terrestrial planets? * 1/1

Mars is one of the terrestrial planet

They have compact and rocky surface

None of the terrestrial planets have rings

Among the terrestrials, only Earth has a substantial planetary magnetic field.

Mercury is hotter than Venus because it is the closest planet to the Sun

Star Arcturus and Proxima Centauri have apparent magnitude of -0.04 1/1
and 11.05 respectively. How bright is star Arcturus compared to star
Proxima Centauri? *

27,290

25,351

111

110

44

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Which of the following telescope has the best resolving power? (Please 0/1
google to obtain specification of telescope) *

Skywatcher Explorer 130P AZ GTe

Skywatcher Star Discovery Wifi 150P

Celestron AstroMaster 130EQ 130mm f/5 Reflector Telescope

Skywatcher Explorer 130PDS EQM 35

Skywatcher Heritage Virtuoso 114P

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Rigel star? * 1/1

Rigel is a blue supergiant star

Rigel located in the Orion constellation

Rigel has two distant stellar companions, Rigel B and Rigel C

Apparent magnitude of Rigel is 0.18 brighter than the Sun

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An optical spectrometer can be used for the following EXCEPT * 0/1

determine the temperature of an object

determine the elements in a star

determine the velocity of a moving star

determine the distance of a star

There are three hot objects, A, B and C emitting blackbody radiation. You 1/1
see that A is emits red colour. Object B emits infrared. Object C seems
yellow. Which of the following statements is true? *

A is hotter than C

B is hotter than A

C is cooler than B

B is cooler than C

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Which of the following is NOT the Constellation in the Milky Way? * 1/1

Orion

Gemini

Sagittarius

Proxima Centauri

Lyra

Which of the following ARE NOT TRUE about Venus? (more than one 2/2
answer) *

Venus is the brightest object in the sky, after the moon

The temperature at Venus very high due to greenhouse effect

It's atmosphere contain very high carbon dioxide

The size of Venus almost equal to the Earth.

Venus has no magnetic field due to very slow rotation.

The carbon dioxide atmosphere effectively prevents the UV ray escaping that
causing high temperature

Venus has a natural satellite due to its size almost similar to the Earth

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Which statements ARE TRUE about Milky Way Galaxy? (Can be more than 0/1
1 answer) *

The Milky Way is a part of Local Group galaxy cluster

The Milky Way has about 100 to 400 billion stars

Rigel is located 860 light years from the Earth and not located in the Milky Way

The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy

Which of the following statements is FALSE? * 0/1

Proxima Century located in the Milky Way galaxy

Andromeda galaxy is our nearest galactic neighbor

Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy are giant spiral galaxies

New finding shows that the Andromeda is three times larger than the Milky Way

Which statement is FLASE about blackbody radiation? * 0/1

Object that does not reflect or scatter radiation shining upon it

An ice produce blackbody radiation

Blackbody curve can be used to measure the body temperature

Only black colored body that emits blackbody radiation

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Who discovered that the Universe is expanding? * 1/1

Galileo

Hubble

Newton

Ptolemy

Hohmann

Which statements ARE TRUE about flare and coronal mass ejection 0/1
(CME)? (more than one answer) *

Solar flares are giant burst of X-ray and multiple wavelength

Solar flare occurred sue to magnetic reconnection mechanism

Both events cannot occurred simultaneously

CMEs are giant clouds of particles from the Sun hurled out into space

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Which part of the Sun is the hottest? * 1/1

Core

Radiative zone

Convection zone

Photosphere

Corona

Vega is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra which 1/1
located 25 light-years from the Sun. Which of the following is NOT equal
to 25 light-years? *
Example: 10^2 means ten to the power of 2

1.581 x 10^6 AU

2.365 x 10^14 km

7.665 parsec

5.879 x 10^12 miles

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Skywatcher Starquest 130p Astronomical Telescope is a reflecting 1/1

5 mm

10 mm

15 mm

20 mm

25 mm

Please refer to Figure 1 7 of 8 points

True anomaly of asteroid is 70 degree as shown in figure. What is the 1/1

0.175 AU

1.62 AU

0.07 AU

0.35 AU

0.6 AU

0.3 AU

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What is the perihelion? * 1/1

0.03 AU

0.096 AU

0.048 AU

0.24 AU

0.12 AU

What is the aphelion? * 1/1

2.88 AU

2.76 AU

0.048 AU

2.952 AU

1.104 AU

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What is the semi-minor axis? * 1/1

3 AU

1.5 AU

1.2 AU

0.6 AU

What is the orbital period of the asteroid in years? * 1/1

1.83

5.2

0.46

1.31

1.69

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What is the eccentric anomaly of the asteroid? * 1/1

16.3 degree

8.1 degree

35 degree

29.3 degree

58.6 degree

70 degree

Figure 1 shows an asteroid orbiting the Sun in an elliptical orbit.

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What is the semi-major axis? * 1/1

3 AU

1.5 AU

1.2 AU

0.6 AU

What is the eccentricity of the ellipse? * 0/1

0.16

0.36

0.64

0.84

0.92

0.98

2.29

Initially, the spacecraft orbiting the Earth at 22 000 km radius (first orbit).
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We wish to relocate the spacecraft to 18 000 km circular orbit (second
points
orbit). (use Hohmann transfer orbit)

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What is the velocity of the spacecraft while orbiting the first orbit? 1/1
(answer in km per second) *

18.12

4.26

54.35

7.37

3.99

What is the velocity of the spacecraft at the perigee in the transfer orbit?1/1
(answer in km per second) *

24.36

4.94

26.17

5.12

17.72

4.21

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What is the velocity of the spacecraft at the apogee in the transfer orbit? 1/1
(answer in km per second) *

16.31

4.04

14.09

3.75

17.72

4.21

What is the velocity of the spacecraft at the perigee in the target orbit? 1/1
(answer in km per second) *

22.14

4.71

19.93

4.46

5.33

5.68

The spectrum of the Vega star is shown in Figure 2 3 of 3 points

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Estimate the peak wavelength of the blackbody spectrum. * 1/1

400 nm

410 nm

420 nm

450 nm

390 nm

480 nm

Calculate the temperature of the star * 1/1

7250 K

6900 K

6591 K

3625 K

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FIGURE 2

If the radius of the star is 1,643,000 km, what is the luminosity of the 1/1
star? *

2.65 x 10^21 W

2.65 x 10^27 W

1.96 x 10^21 W

1.96 x 10^27 W

1960 W

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