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Distinguish between spiral and barred spiral galaxies giving examples of each type of
galaxy.
Discuss Jeans criterion for the formation of stars and obtain an expression for Jeans mass
and Jeans length
What is the basis of classifying the planets inthe solar system as terrestrial and jovian?
State nebular hypothesis. Explain briefly (in not more that 150 words) the formation of
solar system as per the nebular model.
List different layers of the Sun’s atmosphere. Explain why the temperature in the
chromosphere increases with height. What gives riseto solar wind?
In fact, there is such a star (a-Centauri) except that its companion isn't a planet, but another Sun-like star. Does this fact make any difference in the forgoing calculation? Explain.
Consider a Sun-like star, which is orbited by a planet with a period of 80
years. If the separation of the star and the planet appears to be 20 arc
seconds, how far away is the star?
Neptune's moon Nereid has an orbital period of almost exactly one Earth year. If the mass of Neptune is around 1026 kilograms, what is the semimajor axis of Nereid's orbit?
the average temperature of the interior of a sun like star is of order 10^8k. estimate the mass of the star in terms of the solar mass if it has a radius of order 10^10cm
AMichelson stellar interferometer is used to determine the apparent diameter of a star. The fringe pattern disappears when the adjustable mirrors are at a separation of 5 m. What is the
angular diameter of the star?
A double slit of variable separation is placed over an objective to facilitate the measurement of two equally bright stars which are separated by 0·1 arc sec. At what separation of the slits would the fringe pattern disappear?
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