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Astronomy

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How big are the pillars of creation?

It's pretty hard to imagine just how "big" something like this is, and there really is no astronomical unit to comprehend something like this because its hard to know for sure, but in earth terms at a rough estimate the biggest pillar is estimated to be about 24 trillion miles high/tall, which is about 4 light years.

What percentage of the universe is antimatter?

4.3% of the universe (~45 Billion Light year diameter) is Planets, Gases and Such. Dark Matter (WMP, or Weakly Interacting Mass Particle) is invisible. If my math is correct, (and i did it on a hitachi supercomputer) the universe should weigh around... 790 centillion centillion centillion centillion centillion centillion centillion centillion centillion centillion centillion centillion centillion centillion centillion centillion centillion centillion Tonnes, to the 947,304,691,120,161,109,425e+4964546546516548897984351th Power! I Guess About 74 followed by trllions of trillions of trillions of digits, pounds thats heavy

How did Kepler steal Brahe's data?

kepler thought that only brahes observation could solve his problem so in 1600 he joined tycho eith his work after one year tycho died and kepler stole his data from which he devised keplers laws

What would happen to your weight if the gravitational pull got three times stronger?

If the gravitational pull got three times stronger, your weight would also increase by three times. This means that you would feel heavier and it would be more difficult to move around or lift objects. Your body would experience an increase in pressure on your joints and muscles, which could lead to discomfort or fatigue.

What would happen if the sun was replaced by VY Canis Majoris?

It would swallow Earth. From Wikipedia: "Placed at the centre of our solar system, VY Canis Majoris's surface would extend beyond the orbit of Saturn, although the astrophysicists Philip Massey, Emily Levesque and Bertrand Plez disagree about the star's stated radius, suggesting it is smaller: merely 600 times the size of the Sun, extending past the orbit of Mars."

Why does the Earth rotate in single direction?

Once an object, any object, such as the Earth, is set in motion to rotate in a particular direction, it will always continue to rotate in that direction. For the Earth to rotate in another direction would take an enormous, cataclysmic force that would have to be created by a gigantic object colliding with it, or at least coming very close to it.

Does a star burn a gas other than helium and hydrogen if so what gases and what color do they make the star?

Stars don't really "burn" things in the sense of combustion. A very massive star can "burn" (fuse) elements up to nickel-56. When it reaches nickel, any further fusion consumes rather than produces energy.

The particular chain that ends with nickel starts with silicon and involves sulfur, argon, calcium, titanium, chromium, and iron along the way. At the temperatures involved, these elements are all gaseous.

This happens deep in the core of the star and has no effect on its color, which is purely determined by its surface temperature.

How does a pulsar star get its name?

Pulsar stars get their name from the pulses of radiation they emit as they rapidly rotate. These pulses are detected as regular intervals of electromagnetic radiation, such as radio waves, X-rays, and gamma rays. The word "pulsar" is a combination of "pulsating" and "star."

What would happen to day and night if you added a quarter of a day to each year?

If you added a quarter of a day to each year, over time this would cause day and night to shift out of sync with the natural cycle of the Earth's rotation. This could lead to significant disruptions in both the length and timing of day and night as we currently experience them.

What was the first object to form in your solar system when a nebula collapsed?

The most widely accepted scientific explanation for the formation of the Solar System is called the Solar Nebular Model. According to this model, the entire Solar System formed around 4.5 billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of a small fraction of a giant molecular cloud, also known as a nebula.

A disturbance, most likely a nearby supernova, caused a giant cloud of gas and dust floating in space to contract and begin to collapse on itself. Most of the gas collected in the center to form a gaseous sphere that would eventually become the Sun. As more gas was drawn inward by the force of gravity, friction and pressure caused this sphere, called a protostar, to become hot and start to glow.

As the nebula continued to contract, conservation of angular momentum caused it to spin faster. It flattened out into a protoplanetary disk, with the hot, dense protostar in the center. Over millions of years, all eight planets formed by accretion from this disk. In other words, gravity pulled the disk into many clumps of gas and dust. These clumps stuck together and grew larger and larger, turning into planetesimals. The planetesimals further coalesced to eventually form planets, with comets and asteroids being the leftovers. Gravitational interaction with the planets caused them to be grouped into distinct regions such as the asteroid belt and Kuiper belt.

Due to their higher boiling points only metals and silicates could exist in the warm inner solar system, and these would form the rocky planets of Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Since metallic elements only comprised a very small fraction of the solar nebula, the terrestrial planets could not grow very large. It is thought that as many as 100 small protoplanets used to exist in the inner solar system, but they eventually collided and merged to create the four inner planets we know today.

The gas giants (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) formed further out, beyond the frost line where icy compounds can remain solid. The gas and ice that formed the Jovian planets was more abundant within the protoplanetary disk, allowing them to become massive enough to gain large atmospheres of hydrogen and helium and grow to mammoth proportions. Uranus and Neptune are thought to have formed closer to the Sun, then migrated out to their current orbits.

Throughout all this, the infant Sun continued to grow hotter. Once the temperature and pressure at the core was high enough, thermonuclear fusion of hydrogen began, and the Sun became a fully fledged main-sequence star. Solar wind swept away the remaining gas and dust leftover from the protoplanetary disk into interstellar space, ending the growth of the planets. This entire process of solar system formation happened within several hundred million years and was finished by around 4.5 billion years ago.

What was at the center of elightenment thought?

Reason was at the center of Enlightenment thought. It emphasized the power of human reason to understand and shape the world, promoting critical thinking, science, and individual rights. This era contributed to the rise of modern philosophy and influenced political and social changes.

Is it ethical to use the sun faster than it could be replaced?

That's a tough question, but only philosophically. As an engineer and a

pragmatist, I'm more intrigued by the question's absurdity. I leave it to

the philosophers to decide whether a question that postulates two big

fat affronts to logic even constitutes a question, and for myself, I'll only

point out what they are:

1). We do not "use" the sun. The sun does its own thing, over which we have

no control whatsoever, and after it has done its thing, a tiny, virtually negligible

fraction of the resulting wreckage is propelled in our direction. Some of it is

"used" in natural ways that are governed by the laws of chemistry and physics,

of which we are largely unaware, and the effect is that we have continued to

live, eat, evolve, breathe and breed for the past several thousand years. In

the most recent twinkling of an eye, we have learned how to do more stuff by

using more of it, but it's still nothing but a negligible fraction of what's left over

after the sun has done its thing, and whether we use that or don't use it has

no effect on the sun whatsoever. The sun is through with it. We might just as

well consider it a gift, and learn to use more of it rather than rape our planet.

2). The rate at which the sun could be replaced is no issue. It can't be.

When it's used up, the flame will go out, and eventually the plot light too.

What recently happened in space?

The Orion Spacecraft is currently being developed and tested, and will replace the Space Shuttles which are scheduled to be retired soon.

The Orion will be able to travel to the moon and land there, something the space shuttle could not do. The Orion may also be able to travel to Mars and other planets, moons and asteroids as well.

What is the meaning for a jewelled sky?

The star was twinkling so that is the meaning of the jewelled sky. This means that the sky was full of shimmer and glittery star. It shows that it was a romantic night for the Highwayman as he is going to visit Bess.

How many days in 2010 did temperatures fall below -3?

It is quite likely that it was below this temperature somewhere on the earth on every day. So the answer is 365 days

Does the elliptical shape of the orbit affect the day and night?

No. day and night are the product of the planet's rotation only,

regardless of where it is in its orbit, or how far from the sun.

To be precise, there is a very small effect. The elliptical orbit causes slight variations in the position of the Sun in the sky.

Our 24 hour day is called the "solar day". It's based on the position of the Sun in our sky.

24 hours is the average (or mean) day length.

It's called the "mean solar day".

What is the distance from earth to Algieba?

The binary star Gamma Leonis (Algieba, the forehead) is about 126 light-years from Earth.

Why must a star's parallax be known before you can find the luminosity?

Knowing a star's parallax allows us to determine its distance from Earth. Once we know the distance, we can calculate the star's luminosity by measuring its apparent brightness. This is because luminosity decreases with the square of the distance from the observer, so knowing the exact distance is crucial for accurate luminosity calculations.

Does gravity provide a centripetal force on the moon helping it stay in orbit around the earth?

Yes, gravity is the centripetal force that keeps the Moon in its orbit around the Earth. The gravitational force between the Earth and Moon provides the necessary inward force (centripetal force) to balance the outward inertial force and keep the Moon in a stable orbit.

What are the three requirements for a planet to be a planet?

To have life similar to Earth;s a planet would require:

1. Water

2. Plant life (Oxygen)

3. A stable food supply

4. Land and gravity

Other forms of life based on materials such as silicon might require other sources of energy. Even on Earth some life runs on Chemosynthesis using sulfides as an energy source, not Photosynthes based on light energy.

What constellation will the vernal equinox occupy next?

|| since today is 2000 ad the time difference between 10000 ad and today is approx 8000 years

  1. || since the 12 constellations form the celestial sphere of 360 degree the difference between two consecutive const. is 30 degree approx

since, the percesssion cycle repeats after every 26000 years

> so every 26000/360=72 years(approx.) a 1 degree rotation takes place.

>> so the total degree rotation taken place in 8000 years is

>> 8000/72= 111 degree (approx.)

> the constellation which is 111 degree apart from "aquarius" is

"scorpius"

or

>>it can also be calculated by using (1.) since the difference between two consecutive constellation is 30 degree

number of constellation between aquarius and const.

is ... 111/30 = 3.7 (approx.) but since the aquarius side of celestial sphere contains less constellations than its right counterpart the difference is reduced to 3

which again gives us the answer as constellation "scorpius"

thank you

What kind of suit do you need to go to Saturn?

Right now, there are no spacecraft that could support any humans in traveling to Saturn.

First, you would need a great quantity of food, water, and oxygen, or an artificial biosphere capable of producing food, water and oxygen within the spacecraft.

Fortunately, traveling with an extensive hydroponic garden not only converts carbon dioxide into oxygen, it can also provide your supply of vegetables. That would require a lot more larger spacecraft, of course...

Second, you would require a good power supply. Out around the orbit of Saturn, solar power systems would not deliver enough power, so you'd probably want a nuclear power system.

What do astronomers call a system that is composed of more than two stars?

A system composed of more than two stars is called a multiple star system. This can include triple star systems (trinaries), quadruple star systems (quadrinaries), or even more complex configurations with numerous stars orbiting each other.

Since gravity cannot be seen is it Dark Matter?

If you suspect that something invisible may actually be dark matter,

then you should also be considering

-- sound

-- microwaves

-- heat

-- honesty

-- weight

-- faith

-- electric current

-- courage

.

.

etc.

In short: No, gravity is not dark matter. It's not matter of any kind. It's one of

the four fundamental forces in the universe. Gravitons, the hypothetical gauge

particles of gravity, might be dark matter except that one of the things we know

about them is that if they exist, they're massless.

Which of these refers to a small celestial object orbiting the Sun and ranging in size from a grain of sand to a boulder?

Meteors. If they are larger than about 10 meters, they are called asteroids or planetoids.

Meteors. If they are larger than about 10 meters, they are called asteroids or planetoids.

Meteors. If they are larger than about 10 meters, they are called asteroids or planetoids.

Meteors. If they are larger than about 10 meters, they are called asteroids or planetoids.