Astronomy & Space - October 2006

2006-10-15 22:39:04 · 4 answers · asked by lunchlunger 1

Assuming a total vaccum. A short layman's explanation would be best.

2006-10-15 21:15:26 · 8 answers · asked by Babyface 3

I read a question about Pluto, and one of the answers referred to Eris and Sedna. And is there a Xena, as well? What are these, captured debris or really planets in the sense of formed from the sun? So just what is this solar system composed of these days, anyway?

2006-10-15 20:09:23 · 4 answers · asked by auntb93again 7

If for a moment we where to give credit to this hypotetical
fantasy , would it not be posible to belive that what we see is inverted , but maybe even the arrow of time of what we are seeing are inverted in respect to ours ?

2006-10-15 19:26:05 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Thanks

2006-10-15 19:14:04 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

gravitational force?

how would you do it?

2006-10-15 19:03:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-15 18:39:29 · 9 answers · asked by 09Graduate 1

vaccum atmospere without the air,andthe kodak film will melt in that hot,and how can he take the photos clearly and accuratley by keeping on his chest and many more questions i have

2006-10-15 18:14:01 · 17 answers · asked by abdul 1

What makes each planet rotate around the axis with different time?
The Earth (or other planets) revolves around the Sun, this makes sense. But why it has to rotate around its axis?

To rotate around the axis each takes:-
Mercury: 58 days 14 hours
Venus: 243 days 5 hours
Earth: 23 hours 56 minutes (1 day)
Mars: 24 hours 37 minutes
Jupiter: 9 hours 50 minutes:
Saturn: 10 hours 14 minutes
Urenus: 17 hours 14 minutes
Neptune: 16 hours 7 minutes
*** Pluto: 6 days 9 hours

2006-10-15 18:11:45 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

should I use Kepler's 3rd law and how?

2006-10-15 18:00:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-15 17:11:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-15 16:58:40 · 1 answers · asked by Mere Mortal 7

do they just float in the solar system? or do they reach the sun and melt? or where do they go?

2006-10-15 16:11:37 · 10 answers · asked by connie 1

I'm a taurus, what signs am I the most compatable with ?
Also the least compatable ? & why ?

2006-10-15 16:04:51 · 5 answers · asked by Justin 3

2006-10-15 16:00:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

A particular infrared signal is detected with frequency of 1.20x10^13 Hz. What is its wavelength? [Use the special boxes for entering scientific notation, not the "E" notation. Make sure your mantissa (the first part) is a number between 1.000 and 9.999. As usual, use SI units.]

2006-10-15 15:26:56 · 4 answers · asked by bri 1

2006-10-15 15:21:54 · 4 answers · asked by bri 1

You often here that light from other galaxies travelled 100 light years or a million light years.

How do they figure out how old light is that reaches earth?

2006-10-15 15:03:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'd really like to introduce my kids (under 7) to astronomy. Each time they look at the sky, they always ask what constellations I see.

I always show them the dipper and Orions belt.

Other then those two, I really can't spot any others. I was given a book on astronomy which shows all the constellations as well as the myth behind them.

However, I do find it very hard to locate them.

Are there any tips to assist? Are there any pc programs available that could be configured for the city you live in that would show the various constellations for a given day and time from our location.

Any other tips would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

2006-10-15 15:01:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-15 14:48:08 · 28 answers · asked by Myrns 1

The Ken Than article in space.com also on CNN.com tells about an exoplanet (around a star other than our own) that is a "gas giant" around Upsilon Andromeda, a star some 40 light years away. The trick is that it seemingly has a sunlit side temperature between 2500 and 3000 F (1400-1650 C) and -4 to -450 F on the dark side (they think it is tidally locked, so the same side always faces its star). The planet has a "tight orbit" and goes around every 4.6 days.

If it is a "gas" giant, and the gas is heated to some 3k F, how can it have such a cold other side. I can see that for a rocky planet, but gases expand and move when hot, and condense and sink when cold. Why would there be no circulation that moderates the temperatures? Any ideas? http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/10/13/fire.ice.planet/index.html

2006-10-15 14:46:54 · 2 answers · asked by Rabbit 7

2006-10-15 14:36:23 · 18 answers · asked by Jocelynn A 1

2006-10-15 14:34:20 · 4 answers · asked by tinyfox 1

aliens

2006-10-15 14:28:10 · 5 answers · asked by Jerry R 1

2006-10-15 14:14:52 · 4 answers · asked by bonnersky2005@sbcglobal.net 1

2006-10-15 14:13:24 · 11 answers · asked by Amit B 1

I can not understand if we are unable to reach outside our galaxy, where do the pictures come from? Satalites can not go beyond this...

2006-10-15 14:03:16 · 12 answers · asked by ninetynine4one 2

2006-10-15 13:28:01 · 4 answers · asked by bri 1

I didn't follow the news relating to those two plannets, though I'd appreciate that very much if you please kindly share me your knowledge.

2006-10-15 13:01:54 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean come on! They're open til like forever in the morning but the dining room is closed!

2006-10-15 12:56:26 · 7 answers · asked by Fun and Games 4