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Interesting Problems for Astronomy 101 and 102

Measuring Astronomical Quantities

  • Use the Doppler Effect to Measure  the Radius of the Earth 
  • Use the Doppler Effect to Measure the Astronomical Unit 
  • Parallax from Mars 
  • Apparent Brightness, Parallax and the Distance to Sirius
  • Calibrating the Period / Luminosity Relation For Cepheid Variable Stars
  • Using the Cepheid Period / Luminosity Relation To Measure Distances
  • A Cepheid Variable in a Globular Cluster of Stars
  • Dealing With Too Much Data: the Orbit of Venus

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    • Philosophy Behind the Problems
    • Basic Math Skills
    • Basic Physics
    • Naked-Eye Astronomy
    • Measuring Astronomical Quantities
    • Solar System
    • Exoplanets
    • Stellar Structure
    • Galactic and Extragalactic Astronomy
    • Relativity and Cosmology
    • Life in the Universe
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