Astronomy - Due: 5:00pm on Monday, November 30, 2015

Exercise 13.28
In March 2006, two small satellites were discovered orbiting Pluto, one at a distance of 48,000km
and the other at 64,000km. Pluto already was known to have a large satellite Charon, orbiting at
19,600 km with an orbital period of 6.39 days.

Part A
Assuming that the satellites do not affect each other, find the orbital periods of the two small
satellites without using the mass of Pluto. T1, T2 = (days)

Exercise 13.27
The star
Rho1 Cancri is 57 light-years from the earth and has a mass 0.85 times that of our sun. A planet has
been detected in a circular orbit around Rho1 Cancri with an orbital radius equal to 0.11 times the
radius of the earth's orbit around the sun. What are (a)the orbital speed and (b)the orbital period of
the planet of Rho1 Cancri?
V = km/s, T = s

Exercise 13.1
Part A
What is the ratio of the gravitational pull of the sun on the moon to that of the earth on the moon?
(Assume the distance of the moon from the sun can be approximated by the distance of the earth
from the sun.) Fsun / Fearth

Exercise 39.39
Radiation has been detected from space that is characteristic of an ideal radiator at
T = 2.728K. (This radiation is a relic of the Big Bang at the start of the universe)

Part A
For this temperature, at what wavelength does the Planck distribution peak? = mm

Part B
In what part of the electromagnetic spectrum is this wavelength? Visible light, x-rays or microwave?

Exercise 39.41
Two stars, both of which behave like ideal blackbodies, radiate the same total energy per second.
The cooler one has a surface temperature T and 5.0 times the diameter of the hotter star.

Part A
What is the temperature of the hotter star in terms of T? Express your answer using two
significant figures. Th/T

Part B
What is the ratio of the peak-intensity wavelength of the hot star to the peak-intensity wavelength
of the cool star? Express your answer using two significant figures. m(hot)/ m(cool)
 Exercise 39.43
The brightest star in the sky is Sirius, the Dog Star. It is actually a binary system of two stars, the
smaller one (Sirius B) being a white dwarf. Spectral analysis of Sirius B indicates that its surface
temperature is 24000K and that it radiates energy at a total rate of 1.0 x1025 W. Assume that it
behaves like an ideal blackbody.

Part A
What is the total radiated intensity of Sirius B? Express your answer using two significant figures.
I = W/m2

Part B
What is the peak-intensity wavelength? Express your answer using two significant figures. m= nm

Part C
Is this wavelength visible to humans? Yes or No
Part D
What is the radius of Sirius B? Express your answer in kilometers. Express your answer using two
significant figures. R = km

Part E
Express your answer as a fraction of our sun's radius. Express your answer using two significant
figures. Rsirius/Rsun

Part F
Which star radiates more total energy per second, the hot Sirius B or the (relatively) cool sun with a
surface temperature of 5800K? To find out, calculate the ratio of the total power radiated by our
sun to the power radiated by Sirius B. Express your answer using two significant figures. Psun/Psirius