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    Honor Physics Astro 1.0

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    Team,
    We're now moving into the part of your Honors Physics course I've been looking forward to: the study of Astronomy and Astrophysics. What's the difference you ask? That's one of your first questions.
    I'll post questions here each week, which will be due the Sunday before we have meetings on Tuesday morning. Why Sunday? It gives me a chance to read your responses and give you feedback before we discuss in our Tuesday meetings.
    Here's how we'll start:
    Using Wikipedia, look up each of the following, and explain in your own words. Include the following:
    a. how recently was this discovered
    b. where is research on this most active now
    c. why is this relevant to your life
    d. what parts of what you have learned in physics are useful in understanding these

    The topics:
    parallax
    parsec
    sideral time
    quasars
    age of the universe
    heat death of the universe
    background radiation from the big bang
    the big bang
    planets-define
    exoplanets
    optical telescope
    radio telescopes
    pulsar
    black hole
    red giant
    neutron star
    main sequence
    white dwarf
    brown dwarf


    Please email my your responses by March 24, the Sunday before classes resume.
    Let me know if you have any questions.
    aloha
    b