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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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Term
Pulsars
Definition
(every 1.337 sec.) After collapse spin and magnetic field strength increases; magnetic field bemas radiation into space
Term
Special Relativity
Definition
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.
Term
1 parsec
Definition
3.26 light years...earth's radius to turn 1 arcsec
Term
core collapse
Definition
(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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Neutron Star
Definition
1.4-2 Solar Masses Supported by Electron Degeneracy (neutrinos) Very Small Diameter (20km)



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