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ASTROPHYSICS (PH325/PHY274-Elective)
End Semester Exam (B.Tech - Dec 2011)
Date/ Session FN / AN
Semester/Degree/Branch .
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Q.No
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21
31
12
22
32
13
23
33
14
24
34
15
25
35
16
26
17
27
18
28
19
29
10
20
30
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Total
Total
Marks
Total
GRAND TOTAL
(Marks in words) ..
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Aum Amritheswariye Namaha !
1. If the red shift of a galaxy is 0.3 the recessional velocity of it would be approximately
(a) 3c
(b) 3.0c
(c) 0.3c
(d) 0.15c
2. The farthest celestial object that can be seen with naked eye of human being is
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7. Both the absolute and apparent magnitude of a star is + 3.454. The distance of the star
is .light years.
8. What is a quasar?
a) An extremely bright center of distant galaxy, thought to be powered by massive
black hole.
(b) A specialized astronomical instrument for observing distant stars
(c) Another name for very bright O-type star
(d) A star like object that actually represents a bright patch of gas in the Milky Way.
9. The cosmic background radiation is
(a) The faint glow along the ecliptic, caused by sunlight scattering by dust particles.
(b) The radio noise from hot gas in rich clusters of galaxies.
(c) The faint glow produced in super explosions.
(d) The electromagnetic remnants of the Big Bang.
10.
11.
12.
The radius of a neutron star with mass two solar mass is .. km.
13.
The surface temperature of a star that emits the maximum intensity at a wavelength
of 3000 is K.
14.
An astronomer finds that its recessional velocity of a distant galaxy is 12000 km/s.
Assuming Hubble's constant, Ho to be 55 km s-1 Mpc-1 the distance to the galaxy is
(a) 21.8 Mpc
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(b) 66 Gpc
The period of revolution of Uranus is 84 years. The distance of it from the Sun is
...... a.u.
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PART C ( 16 x 5 marks = 80 Marks)
16.
Two binary stars A and B are approximately at the same distance from the Earth.
The apparent and absolute magnitude of a star A is +6.0. -1.35 respectively. If the
apparent magnitude of star B is +5.60 calculate its absolute magnitude neglecting
interstellar absorption.
17.
If the luminosity and surface temperature of the star Sirius are 10Lo and 10,000 K
respectively, calculate its radius.
18.
19.
Explain the concept of statistical parallax. Explain the concept of Local Standard of
Rest and hence derive the mathematical expression for it.
20.
Give a short account of moving cluster parallax and arrive at the expression for the
distance measurement.
9
21.
Write a short note on how to estimate find the distance of variable stars.
10
22.
23.
With the help of a neat diagram explain the salient features of Hertzsprung-Russel
diagram.
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24.
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25.
Prove that that the areal velocity of a planet moving round the Sun is a constant and
hence angular momentum. Discuss the second law of Kepler in this context.
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26.
With the help of classical mechanics prove third law of Kepler rigorously.
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27.
Compute the Hubble time of Big Bang (in billion years). Estimate the velocity and
the red shift of a galaxy which is at 100 Mpc? (Take the Hubble parameter to be
0.65).
28.
The eccentricity of a planet is 0.1 compute its distance from the Sun when its right
anomaly is 60o. (Assume that its perihelion is 2.5 a.u and the aphelion is 3.0 a.u.).
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29.
Compute the total mass of Sun and Earth combined from the knowledge of the
value of a.u.
30.
Explain how Hubbles theory led to the discovery of expansion of the universe and
hence the modern cosmology.
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31.
Starting from the Keplers equation discuss the various possibilities of the above
results showing that the trajectory of body moving under an isotropic gravitational
potential forms various forms of conic section.
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