USAAAO 2023, II кръг — Задача 3. Short 3 · Culmination Time
2023 National Astronomy Competition · 15 т.
Внимание: Бележка към темата
The separately attributed physical-constants.pdf is an undated common USAAAO archive reference; its identity as the table supplied for this exam is unproven. Printed question/key inconsistencies are preserved, including Medium 3 P5 radius and graph slope, Long 1 cosine denominator, and Long 2 exit-coordinate term and proper-motion magnitude.
Instructions (Please Read Carefully)
2023 National Astronomy Competition
1 Instructions (Please Read Carefully)
The top 5 eligible scorers on the NAC will be invited to represent USA at the next IOAA. In order to qualify for the national team, you must be a high school student with US citizenship or permanent residency.
This exam consists of 3 parts: Short Questions, Medium Questions and Long Questions.
The maximum number of points is 240 points.
The test must be completed within 2.5 hours (150 minutes).
Please solve each problem on a blank piece of paper and mark the number of the problem at the top of the page. The contestant’s full name in capital letters should appear at the top of each solution page. If the contestant uses scratch papers, those should be labeled with the contestant’s name as well and marked as “scratch paper” at the top of the page. Scratch paper will not be graded. Partial credit will be available given that correct and legible work was displayed in the solution.
This is a written exam. Contestants can only use a scientific or graphing calculator for this exam. A table of physical constants will be provided. Discussing the problems with other people is strictly prohibited in any way until the end of the examination period on April 1st. Receiving any external help during the exam is strictly prohibited. This means that the only allowed items are: a calculator, the provided table of constants, a pencil (or pen), an eraser, blank sheets of papers, and the exam. No books or notes are allowed during the exam. Exam is proctored and recorded. You are expected to have your video on at all times.
We acknowledge the following people for their contributions to this year’s exam:
Wesley Antônio Machado Andrade de Aguiar, Erez Abrams, Lucas Pinheiro, Sahil Pontula, Joe McCarty, Hagan Hensley, Leo Yao, and Andrew Liu.
Undated common archive reference · Table of Physical Constants
Table of Physical Constants
| Quantity | Symbol | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Electron rest mass | ||
| Proton rest mass | ||
| Electronic charge | ||
| Speed of light in free space | ||
| Permeability of free space | ||
| Permittivity of free space | ||
| Planck’s constant | ||
| Reduced Planck’s constant | ||
| Boltzmann’s constant | ||
| Gas constant | ||
| Molar gas constant | ||
| Avogadro’s number | ||
| Standard molar volume | ||
| Unified atomic mass unit ( scale) | ||
| Mass of hydrogen atom | ||
| Bohr magneton | or | |
| Nuclear magneton | or | |
| Proton magnetic moment | ||
| Neutron magnetic moment | ||
| Bohr radius | ||
| Fine structure constant | ||
| Compton wavelength of electron | ||
| Rydberg’s constant | ||
| Stefan-Boltzmann constant | ||
| Radiation density constant | ||
| Gravitational constant |
Rest masses of some leptons and hadrons in :
0.5110, 105.66, 1777, 134.98, 139.57, 493.7, 497.7, 547, 1865, 1869, p 938.3, n 939.6, 1115.7, 1189, 1193, 1197, 1315, 1321, 1672, , .
| Quark | Charge | Mass () | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| u | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| d | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| c | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| s | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| t | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 174.3 | |
| b | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4.2 |
Undated common archive reference · Astrophysical Data and Conversion Factors
Astrophysical Data
| Quantity | Symbol | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 astronomical unit | AU | |
| 1 parsec | pc | |
| Luminosity of Sun | ||
| Mass of Sun | ||
| Radius of Sun | ||
| Mass of Earth | ||
| Radius of Earth |
Other data and conversion factors
| Quantity | Symbol | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 ångstrom | Å | |
| 1 fermi | fm | |
| 1 barn | b | |
| 1 pascal | Pa | |
| 1 standard atmosphere | ||
| Standard acceleration due to gravity | ||
| 1 electron volt | eV | |
| Wavelength of 1 eV photon |
Trigonometrical identities
In a triangle ABC,
and
Prefixes
| T = tera = | c = centi = |
| G = giga = | m = milli = |
| M = mega = | = micro = |
| k = kilo = | n = nano = |
| p = pico = | |
| f = femto = |
Условие
(15 points) Culmination Time
(a) (12 points) In Lubbock, Texas on September 22nd, what is the local time of upper culmination of Vega ? The time zone of Lubbock is CDT, UTC−5. Assume that the equation of time is 6 min at the relevant time, in the convention of solar time minus mean time.
(b) (3 points) Name the two primary factors which contribute to the equation of time, and give a brief one-sentence explanation for why each causes solar time to differ from mean time.
Решение
Solution
(a) September 22th is the autumnal equinox, so the right ascension of the Sun is 12 hr. (2 point)
By , where is the local sidereal time, is the hour angle, and is the right ascension, the local sidereal time at upper culmination of Vega (hour angle 0) is , so the hour angle of the Sun is and the local solar time is . (3 points)
Applying the equation of time , mean solar time is . (2 points)
Greenwich mean solar time is therefore , using the convention of longitude as positive if east. In order to convert time zones, we must subtract 5 hr. (Note that UTC and GMT are not exactly identical, but they agree to within a second, so the difference is irrelevant here.) (3 points)
Performing the calculations,
(2 point)
(b) The two primary factors are: (1.5 point each - 0.5 point for naming the effect and another 1 point for the explanation)
- Eccentricity of the Earth’s orbit: the actual Sun doesn’t move across the sky at a constant angular speed relative to the background stars, unlike the mean Sun.
- Obliquity of the ecliptic: the actual Sun is on the ecliptic, whereas the mean Sun is on the equator; the angular velocity of the Sun isn’t always on and parallel to the equator, which contributes further to non-uniformity of the increase in right ascension.
Оригинал в Архива: second_exam_2023-1.pdf · официални решения: second_exam_2023_sols-1.pdf · допълнителни данни: physical-constants.pdf