AST101H1 Lecture : Chapter 8

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Astronomy & Astrophysics

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AST101H1

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Stefan Mochnacki

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aka: uranus tilt + earth"s large moon. Nebular hypothesis: prop"d by kant + laplace ss formed from grav collapse of interstellar cloud of gas. Other prop was close encounter hypo sun + other star collided failed b/c (1) Couldn"t account 4 orbtial motions of planets or division of planets into two major categories (2) collision btw. Sun and star significantly improbable stars separated too far. chance of encounter so small that would be difficult to imagine happening once to form ss and doesn"t account for other planetary systems observed. Nebular hypothesis became nebular theory successfully predicts success of other planetary objects. Idea of solar nebula: cloud of gas that collapsed under its own gravity to form our ss. Gas that made of sn contained apprx 98% h and he + 2% of all other elements. Three processes of sn alteration: (1) heating: temp of sn increased as collapsed .

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Which one of the following is not one of the four major features of the solar system?

a. Planets fall into two major categories (terrestrial and jovian).
b. Large bodies in the solar system have orderly motions.
c. Several exceptions to the general trends stand out.
d. Swarms of asteroids and comets populate the solar system.
e. The solar system contains eight planets plus dwarf planets (such as Ceres, Pluto, and Eris).

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Which, if any, of the following statements is/are true?

1)Our galaxy, The Milky Way, is a member of The Local Group, whichis one of several groups of galaxies located in the VirgoSupercluster.
2)Most astrophysicists believe that our Solar System formed from animmense cloud of gas and dust about 4-1/2 million years ago.
3)Planets are believed to have formed by a process known asaccretion.
4)Two key elements in the Condensation Theory of PlanetaryFormation are 5)Conservation of Angular Momentum and CondensationNuclei.
6)The name of the second largest object in the Universe is TheSouthern Wall.
7)In our Solar System, the four jovian planets, Jupiter, Saturn,Uranus, and Neptune, are separated from the four terrestrialplanets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, by the Kuiper Belt.
8)Our star, The Sun, is located on the Orion Arm, about 26,000light-years from the center of the Andromeda Galaxy.
9)It takes a photon of light about 4-1/5 years to travel from ourSolar System to the second closest star to Earth, ProximaCentauri.
10)The full range of human knowledge about our Universe spans about40 or 41 orders of magnitude on a spatial scale and about 13.7billion years on a temporal scale.
11)It takes a photon of light about 5-1/2 hours to travel from theSun to the orbit of the former planet Pluto.

a.) A hockey puck is observed to be sliding along a flatfrictionless surface at a speed of 4 cm/min. There is no net forceacting on the puck. Assuming it doesn't smash into anything, howfast will the puck be going 17 min later?
cm/min

b.) An object is accelerating. Which one of the followingstatements is true?
The object must be speeding up.
Gravity must be causing the object to accelerate.
The object must be changing directions.
The object must be slowing down.
There is a net force acting on the object.

c.) A 100 kg block weighs 220 lb on Earth. If the block weretransported to a planetary body that had a smaller free fallacceleration (as compared to Earth), which one of the followingwould be true?
The block would have the same weight and a smaller mass.
The block would have the same mass and a bigger weight.
The block would have the same mass and the same weight.
The block would have the same weight and a bigger mass.
The block would have the same mass and a smaller weight.
d.) What does it mean (in physics) to say that a quantity isconserved?
It means that the quantity is not being used.
It means the total amount is zero.
It means the total amount never changes.
It means it's being saved up.

e.) At a certain point in time, the total energy of a closed systemis observed to be 176 J. Which one of the following statements istrue?
Three hours later the energy of the system is 352 J.
Four hours later the energy of the system is 88 J.
All of the energy must be kinetic if the objects are moving.
Twelve hours later the energy of the system is 176 J.
Some of the energy must be potential.

g.) Which of the following statements are impossible? Choose allthat apply.
The parked truck had 8770 J of KE.
The scooter had 0 J of KE and 0 kgÂ·m/s of momentum.
A ball moving in a circle had 0 N of net force acting on it.
A box had an acceleration of 0 m/s2 while a net force of 311 Nacted on it.
Jack exerted 18 N of force due east on a cart. As a direct result,the cart exerted 18 N of force due west upon Jack.
A toothpick exerts a smaller gravitational force upon the Moon thanthe Moon exerts upon it.

a.) Two balls make up a closed system. Ball A has 701 J of energyand ball B has 78 J. After they collide, ball A has 665 J. How muchenergy does ball B have after they collide?
J

b.) An asteroid and a comet collide head on. Prior to thecollision, the asteroid has a momentum of 700,000 kgÂ·m/s up and thecomet has a momentum of 800,000 kgÂ·m/s down. After the collisionthe asteroid has a momentum of 750,000 kgÂ·m/s down. After thecollision, what is the comet's momentum?
kgÂ·m/s
North
South
East
West
Up
Down
Left
Right
No direction because the comet has stopped

c.) How much does a 28 kg object weigh on Moon? Please feel free toreference the Solar System Data table located at the beginning ofUnit II.
______N

d.) A 660 N net force acts on a 42 kg object. Determine theobject's acceleration.
_____m/s2

e.) Calculate the gravitational force between a 657 kg object(resting on Earth) and the Moon. The mass of the Moon is 7.347Ã1022kg and the distance between the object & the Moon is 3.844Ã108m.
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