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Cosmology
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1. Young clusters in disk are irregularly shaped since they have no time to relax into the rounder relaxed shape of globular clusters-will constantly be torn apart and assimilated.
asteroid
open star clusters
Rich vs poor clusters
Pixel
2. Light-colored high-pressure bands in Jupiter's atmosphere
Electromagnetic Radiation: X-Ray
Annular Eclipse
Blackbody Curve
zone
3. Electromagnetic Radiation
planetary nebula
Negative - Diverge - Less than 1
A family of radiant energy- includes light
most eccentric orbit
4. The time when the universe cooled sufficiently for atoms to exist. radiation dominated= first 300000 years - THEN era of recombination turns into matter dominated for next.
era of recombination
synchronous rotation
great red spot
Light: travels like a wave - detected like a particle
5. An empirical scheme for predictin ghe orbital distances of planets
Titus-Bode Law
H-are Diagram
HII Region
Pulsar
6. Small moons that maintain the shape of rings around Saturn and Uranus
Bok Globule
Zenith
Shepherd satellite
superclusters
7. The dimming of starlight by intervening dust
The Local Group
self-propagating star formation
meteor
Interstellar Extinction
8. A measure of the seasonal shifting of a star's position against farther stars or galaxies. The closer the star - the greater is the angular distance it shifts. We use it to find distances to stars that are up to 1000 pc away.
Parallax
matter dominated universe
density waves
highlands
9. 10^2 nm 10^7 nm
cosmic fireball
Bok Globule
Interstellar Extinction
Electromagnetic Radiation: Gamma Ray
10. Poitns of gravitational stability in the orbit of a planet
Prominence
Lagrangian Razor
MOONS: thickest atmosphere
greatest elongation
11. The process that powers the sun and hydrogen bombs
open star clusters
Thermonuclear Fusion
Superior planets
plate tectonics
12. The lens in a telescope used to determine the magnification
Spectroscopic Parallax
Eyepiece Lens
chemical differentiation
chemical differentiation
13. Material that shoots rapidly out into space. Flares cause Auroras
Flare
3 reasons we orbit satellites to observe universe
mare basalt
Photon
14. The oldest terrain on the moon
radiant
highlands
Occam's razor
Pixel
15. Is space infinitely large?
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16. A telescope that uses mirrors to focus light
protostar
Eclipses of the Moons of Jupiter
Reflector
Ecliptic
17. A bridge of material held in position above the solar surface. They can remain for hours even days
Prominence
Atomic Number
fastest rotation
hottest surface
18. The powdered stone fragments that make up the lunar 'soil'
regolith
molecular clouds
conjunction
Atomic Number
19. The part of the Milky way that has on-going star formation
Cepheid variables
jovian
Oort Cloud
Disk
20. Approximate speed of light in a vacuum
300000 KM/sec
Ecliptic
Titus-Bode Law
Dark matter candidates
21. The particle horizon is the farthest we can see. It exists because the universe had a beginning and thus a definite age. Light from distances farther away from the particle horizon have not had time to reach us yet.
Nucleus
cosmological red shift
Atomic Number
Particle Horizon
22. The entity from which the whole universe is postulated to have come from.
Liquid metallic hydrogen
quasar
radiant
cosmic singularity
23. Radiation given off by electrons accelerating in a magnetic field
Black Hole
Synchrotron Rotation
fewest moons
solar nebula
24. When the Sun is farthest north of the celestial equator (about June 22)
Winter Solstice
deferent
Summer Solstice
Light Pollution
25. A collection of galaxies like the one the Milky Way belongs to
Poor Cluster
disk
Blackbody Curve
Hubble constant
26. Jupiter
Apparent Magnitude
Plague
standard candle
most moons
27. Largest moon in solar system - two differenet types of terrain - darker terrain is older - NOT ACTIVE SURFACE
supernova
Thermal Equilibrium
Celestial Equator
Ganymede (Jupiter)
28. A term referring to the orbital character of stars near the Sun
Disk
Light Gathering Power
Differential Rotation
Dwarf planets
29. Population 1- similar to the sun and 2% of elements are metal - Population 2- formed before gas was metal- only a fraction of mass is metal.
Black Hole
Doppler Shift
3 reasons we orbit satellites to observe universe
Population 1 vs Population 2 stars
30. When particles are compressed to an unnatural state where their pressure is not related to their temperature
Triple Alpha rocess
Degeneracy
High Velocity Stars
cosmology
31. N=are*Fp(Ne)(Fl)(Fi)(Fc)(L) N: number of civilizations possible to communicate with are*: rate solar-like stars are created Fp: fraction of stars with planets Ne: number of planets like ours Fl: fraction of planets with life Fi: intelligent life Fc:
Reflector
meteoriod
Drake equation
dark energy
32. A faint - remarkably uniform distribution of radiation in space
Cosmic Microwave Background
SETI
most moons
Sc spiral galaxy
33. A location on an H-are Diagram where evolving stars pulsate
homogeneous
Molecular Clouds
Instability strip
Make up of the jovian planets
34. Old - pock marked - icy surface - interior is not differentiated - geologically dead - NOT ACTIVE SURFACE
Callisto (Jupiter)
fusion crust
Apparent Magnitude
Earth resurfaces itself due to erosion and plate tectonics - while the moon has neither.
35. The fate of the universe if it is closed. The universe expanding as much as possible and then retracting
opposition
Turn off Point
Hyashi track
Big Crunch
36. A representation of the changes in color and brightness of an evolving protostar.
Supernova (You can be my supernova girl)
Hyashi track
Planetary Nebula
Electromagnetic Radiation: X-Ray
37. The telescope configuration that has the focus placed at the back of the primary mirror
Halo
least dense
Chandrasekhar Limit
Cassegrain Focus
38. The measure of a variable star's apparent magnitude as it brightens and dims with time
Extrasolar Planet
Light Curve
nucleus
Quasar
39. Matter so dense that even light cannot escape its gravity
Black Hole
force
jovian
Annular Eclipse
40. The line on an H-are diagram going from upper left to lower right where normal stars of different masses reside.
Synchrotron Rotation
Main Sequence
reflection star clusters
Extrasolar Planet
41. All wavelengths of light emitted by a blackbody.
Photon
density parameter
Blackbody Curve
Coronal Loop
42. What Ole Roemer used to measure the speed of light in a vacuum
Primary Mirror
most eccentric orbit
Eclipses of the Moons of Jupiter
radio galaxy
43. A highly variable galaxy nucleus of which BL Lac is one. Their light is highly energetic and their spectra are featureless. (face on)
blazar
retrograde motion
differential rotation
era of recombination
44. The family of radiant energy that includes light as a subset
Titus-Bode Law
Electromagnetic Radiation
supermassive black hole
comet
45. A word meaning 'the same in all directions.'
Globular Cluster
widmanstatten pattern
Absolute Magnitude
isotropic
46. An empirical scheme for predictin ghe orbital distances of planets
cosmological red shift
Galilean satellite
Titus-Bode Law
Superior planets
47. Formed rapidly - collapsed slower into disk shape - star birth rate is low but lasts longer and ongoing - contain higher mass blue stars.
shape and color of SPIRAL galaxies
regolith
Rich vs poor clusters
Electromagnetic Radiation: Gamma Ray
48. Sc galaxies where star formation and destruction is so rapid that supernova explosions are mainly responsible for compressing gas to create new stars.
self-propagating star formation
Resolving Power
Steady State Theory (Leads to Olber's Paradox)
Electromagnetic Radiation
49. All possible types of energy that can be emitted and absorbed by atoms.
Parsec
Electromagnetic Radiation
Perihelion
Prominence
50. The rotation of a star or planet at different speeds at its equator and poles
Make up of the terrestrial planets
fastest rotation
semimajor axis
differential rotation
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