USAAAO 2019, I кръг — Задача 9
USAAAO National Astronomy Olympiad First Round 01/26/2019-02/01/2019 · 26 януари 2019 г. · 1 т.
Указания
This exam contains 8 pages and 30 questions. Each question is worth 1 point, so there are 30 points total. Students MUST take the exam between 01/26/2019-02/01/2019. Proctors must scan students’ responses by 11:59 pm PST on 02/01/2019.
PHYSICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL CONSTANTS
| c | Speed of light in vacuo | |
| e | Elementary charge | |
| m | Neutron rest mass | |
| m | Proton rest mass | |
| m | Electron rest mass | |
| h | Planck’s constant | |
| Dirac’s constant () | ||
| k | Boltzmann’s constant | |
| G | Gravitational constant | |
| Stefan-Boltzmann constant | ||
| c | First Radiation Constant () | |
| c | Second Radiation Constant () | |
| Permittivity of free space | ||
| Permeability of free space | ||
| N | Avogadro constant | |
| R | Gas constant | |
| a | Bohr radius | |
| Bohr magneton | ||
| Fine structure constant () | ||
| M | Solar mass | |
| R | Solar radius | |
| L | Solar luminosity | |
| T | Solar temperature | 5770 K |
| M | Earth mass | |
| R | Mean Earth radius | |
| R | Mean Mars radius | |
| 1 light year | ||
| 1 AU | Astronomical Unit | |
| 1 pc | Parsec | |
| 1 year | ||
| 1 erg |
ENERGY CONVERSION : 1 joule (J) = electronvolts (eV)
Условие
After entering Mars orbit, the spacecraft finds that over the course of the martian year, the position of Star A varies by 613.7 milliarcseconds (mas) due to the movement of the spacecraft around the sun. Determine the distance to Star A.
A. 1.629 pc
B. 2.482 pc
C. 3.259 pc
D. 4.965 pc
E. 6.518 pc
Отговори
- 4.965 pc
Решение
Solution: D: 4.965 pc
A parsec is defined as the distance at which an object produces a parallax of 1 arcsecond as seen from Earth. The parallax angle is half of the angular variation in position over one year, so
This translates to a distance of
(assuming the spacecraft were orbiting the earth). However, because the baseline used is
while the parsec is defined relative to a baseline of 1 AU, the distance must be scaled appropriately. Therefore, the actual distance to the star is
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