USAAAO 2024, I кръг — Задача 24
USAAAO 2024 - First Round · 10 февруари 2024 г.
Problem writers
Wesley Andrade, Abhay Bestrapalli, Austin Chen, Justin Chen, Ved Gund, Hagan Hensley, Sandesh Kalantre, Evan Kim, David Lee, Joe McCarty, Arjun Patel, Sahil Pontula, Tara Rezaei, Raul Teixeira, Leo Yao, David Zhang
Условие
Tara has become obsessed with X stars and decides to look for them in other galaxies. She observes one on the edge of a galaxy with radius . She estimates that the star is moving with at a speed of . What is a good estimate for the mass of the galaxy in unit mass of the sun?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Отговори
- B
Решение
Solution: For a galaxy with mass and an X star with mass
and , so
This treats the galaxy as a rigid body of mass and that the X star is at the edge of the galaxy so the rest of the mass is concentrated inside the galaxy. The closest answer is
Answer: B
Оригинал в Архива: usaaao_first_exam_2024-3.pdf · официални решения: usaaao_first_exam_2024_solutions-1.pdf