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Astronomy 100 Tuesday, Thursday 2:30 - 3:45 pm Tom Burbine [email protected] www.xanga.com/astronomy100PRSScheduleMay 10th TestOptional May 12th TestOptional Final (May 20)Constants on Top of TestExam 4Slide 9EquationsSlide 11Slide 12Exam 5FinalExam 5 and FinalKnowSlide 17Slide 18Equations you need to knowThings you should definitely know for fifth exam and FinalQuestionsSlide 22Astronomy 100Tuesday, Thursday 2:30 - 3:45 pmTom [email protected]/astronomy100PRSSchedule•May 5 (Review)•May 10 (Exam 4)•May 12 (Exam 5) (optional)•May 20 (Final) (optional)May 10th Test•Chapters 19-24•If you want more room, go to•Goessman Laboratory 20 2:30-3:45 PMOptional May 12th Test•Chapters 1-18, Supplemental Chapter 1•If you want more room, go to•Hasbrouck 113 2:30-3:45 PMOptional Final (May 20)•Chapters 1-24, Supplemental Chapter 1•8:00 am: Totman Gym or Trailers gymConstants on Top of Test•c = 3 x 108 m/s•G = 6.67 x 10-11 m3/(kg-s2)•h = 6.626 x 10-34 J-s•g = 9.8 m/s2•σ = 5.7 x 10-8 W/(m2-K4)•1 parsec = 3.26 light years•Hubble’s constant = 71 km/s/Megaparsec•1 Megaparsec = one million parsecsExam 4•Know the class notes•Know all the definitions on the website•~25 definitions are mentioned on test•Know the Summary of Key Concepts at the end of every chapter•Drake Equation•Dark Energy•Tully-Fisher Relation•ALH84001•Cepheid Variable•White Dwarf•Jocelyn Bell•Viking Mission•Hubble’s Law•SETI•Big Bang•COBE•Standard Candle•Quasar•Planck Time•Inflation in the Early Universe•Olber’s Paradox•Cosmic Microwave Background•Isotope•Baryon•Percival Lowell•Redshift•Dark Matter•MACHO•Critical Density•Radio Galaxy•Main Sequence Fitting•Cosmological Horizon•White Dwarf Supernova•Interstellar Medium•Supercluster•WIMP•Pulsar•Habitable Zone•Maunder Minimum•Convection Zone•Radiation Zone•Hubble’s Constant•Starburst Galaxy•EuropaEquations•Use Hubble’s Law Distance = velocity/Hubble’s Constant•Calculate Mass to Light RatioExam 5•Know the class notes•Know how to do every question on the 1st 3 exams•Know the Summary of Key Concepts at the end of every chapter on the exam•Most questions are very similar to those on previously on exams•But not allFinal•Know the class notes•Know how to do every question on the 1st 4 exams•Know the Summary of Key Concepts at the end of every chapter•Most questions are very similar to those on previously on exams•But not allExam 5 and FinalKnow•FiguresEquations you need to know•Velocity = distance/time (Exam 5 and Final)•E = mc2 (Exam 5 and Final)•KE = ½ mv2 (Exam 5 and Final)•E = h*frequency (Exam 5 and Final)•F = ma (Exam 5 and Final)•F = GM1M2/distance2 (Exam 5 and Final)•C = wavelength x frequency (Exam 5 and Final)•p2 = a3 (Exam 5 and Final)•T (Kelvin) = T (Celsius) + 273.15 (Exam 5 and Final)•d (parsecs) = 1/parallax angle(arcseconds) (Exam 5 and Final)•distance = velocity/Hubble’s Constant (Exam 4 and Final)•Mass-to-light ratio (Exam 4 and Final)Things you should definitely know for fifth exam and Final•Scientific Notation•Importance of Zodiac•Order of Planets•OBAFGKM•Structure of Sun•How we calculate Distances to objects•Energies, Frequencies, and Wavelengths of different types of


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