A graduate student in astronomy who grew up in Illinois gets to accompany her research professor to the South Pole Telescope. What will be different at the South Pole from the way she remembers the sky in Illinois?
What will be an ideal response?
The celestial pole is overhead. The celestial equator is on the horizon. The way (and whether) the stars rise or set.
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The person who developed the concept of a wave function was __________
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Time Dilation: As measured in Earth's rest frame, a spaceship traveling at 0.9640c takes 10.5 y to travel between two planets that are not moving relative to each other. How long does the trip take as measured by someone on the spaceship?
A. 2.79 y B. 6.82 y C. 39.5 y D. 28.8 y
The audible range of sound is from 20 Hz to ______________ kHz
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
How are the polar regions of Mercury and the Moon similar?
A) Both are covered by huge mare-type basins from impacts. B) Both seem to have ice pockets in the deepest, darkest crater floors. C) Both have bright dry ice polar caps, like Mars. D) Both have lakes of liquid water under their regolith. E) Both have been hit by large comets that melted there.