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Title: astro final
Description: astronomy 100
Total Flash Cards: 5
Created: 05/03/2007 20:18:35
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(every 1.337 sec.) After collapse spin and magnetic field strength increases; magnetic field bemas radiation into space |
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1. The speed of light is constant for everyone. it's the fastest possible speed in the universe. 2. The rules of physics are identical for everyone, no matter their speed. |
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| 3.26 light years...earth's radius to turn 1 arcsec |
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| (electron degeneracy) past 1.4 solar masses--->core collapse--->core transformed into sea of neutrons (electrons squeezsed into protons, neutrinos released) |
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1.4-2 Solar Masses Supported by Electron Degeneracy (neutrinos) Very Small Diameter (20km) |
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