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924 Elementary Problems and Answers in Solar System Astronomy
author
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Van Allen, James Alfred.
publisher
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University of Iowa Press
isbn10 | asin
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0877454345
print isbn13
:
9780877454342
ebook isbn13
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9781587292422
language
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English
subject
Solar system--Miscellanea.
publication date
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1993
lcc
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QB502.V36 1993eb
ddc
:
523.2
subject
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Solar system--Miscellanea.
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924 Elementary Problems and Answers in Solar System Astronomy
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This diagram shows the path (right ascension a and declination d) of Mars on the star field during 1986 according to The Astronomical Almanac. Mars was in opposition on 7/10 and stationary on 6/10 and 8/12. The loop epitomizes the classical problem of understanding planetary motion (cf. problem 42).
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924 Elementary Problems and Answers in Solar System Astronomy
James A. Van Allen
Iowa City University of Iowa Press
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University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 52242 Copyright 1993 by the University of Iowa Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, without permission in writing from the publisher.
This book was printed from camera-ready copy prepared under the direction of the author.
Jacket/cover: This portion of the equatorial sky was photographed with a fixed camera by a team of students in the author's 1979-80 general astronomy classJohn Finnegan, Scott Gallup, Larry Granroth, and Dave Peters. The open dome of the University of Iowa's Hills Observatory is in the foreground. Two problems for the reader: (a) Identify the bright stars in the constellation Orion (at right) and determine the duration of the time exposure. (b) Identify the bright star at the upper left.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Van Allen, James Alfred, 1916 924 elementary problems and answers in solar system astronomy / by James A. Van Allen. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-87745-433-7, ISBN 0-87745-434-5 (pbk.) 1. Solar system Miscellanea. I. Title. II. Title: Nine hundred twenty-four elementary problems and answers in solar system astronomy. QB502.V36 1993 93-24605 523.2 dc20CIP
Printed on acid-free paper
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Contents
Preface
vii
Chapter 1. The Sun and the Nature of the Solar System
1
Chapter 2. Motion of the Planets
6
Chapter 3. Sun, Earth, and Moon
31
Chapter 4. The Sky as Observed from the Rotating, Revolving Earth
57
Chapter 5. Other Planets, Their Satellites, and Rings
81
Chapter 6. Asteroids, Comets, and Meteoroids
96
Chapter 7. Radiations and Telescopes
107
Answers to Chapter 1. The Sun and the Nature of the Solar System
125
Answers to Chapter 2. Motion of the Planets
128
Answers to Chapter 3. Sun, Earth, and Moon
166
Answers to Chapter 4. The Sky as Observed from the Rotating, Revolving Earth
187
Answers to Chapter 5. Other Planets, Their Satellites, and Rings
207
Answers to Chapter 6. Asteroids, Comets, and Meteoroids
225
Answers to Chapter 7. Radiations and Telescopes
233
Recommended References
251
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Preface
This book contains 924 problems, gleaned from quizzes, examinations, observational exercises, classroom discussions, and special assignments that I prepared during my teaching of an introductory course in Solar System Astronomy for seventeen years at the University of Iowa. The problems are loosely organized into seven chapters. They range in difficulty from ones requiring only simple factual knowledge to ones requiring significant understanding and analysis. Some are essentially repetitive but are recast in different forms. An answer is given to each problem with the exception of a few that require personal observation.
I hope that this collection of problems will challenge beginning students of astronomy as well as self-taught amateurs and that it will be useful to hard-pressed instructors of courses comparable to mine. For instructors who have a justifiable aversion to multiple choice questions, I may note that most of my problems of this type can be readily converted to ones requiring short answers or reasoned discussion.
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