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Astronomy test prep 1

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Question 1
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In the middle of space, far away from any other object, two slow moving astroids get close to each other. Astroid 1, a 1000kg which feels a force from astroid 2 starts accelerating towards astroid 2 at 3m/s^2 Using
Where G = 6.67408 × 10-11 m3 kg-1 s-2, if you are asked to find the force of the astroid 2 on astroid 1, Which equation do you use?

Question 2
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If you knew that when the astroid had an acceleration of 2m/s^2 the two astroids were 30 m apart and could find the force on the one astroid, could you find the mass of the second astroid? don't do it, just say how.

Question 3
3.

Match definitions to vocab words

Question 4
4.

What major reason has the capture theory been rejected as a understanding of how the earth acquired its moon?

Question 5
5.

Draw a picture to show why a comet, with its much more elliptical orbit have a significantly different speeds at aphelion and perihelion than a planet like earth whose orbit is almost, but not quite circular?

Question 6
6.

Draw a picture explaining how Erastothenese determined the radius of the earth using a well

Question 7
7.

The earth is tilted towards the sun at aphelion, meaning

Question 8
8.

Explain why the tides works more like a pimple being popped than taffy being stretched.