Re: ATM I did it!

[Asaf Shtull-Trauring <astropal@yahoo.com>]

> Could you tell us what sort of questions they asked > on the first
part of the test?

Of course. They asked us the following questions:

1-What is the Chanderskar limit?

2-What is a Geostationary Sattellite used for?

3-What makes a white dwarf stable?

4-What is an event Horizon?

5-Why around massful objects like black holes- a disk is created (of
other mass which is pulled by force of gravity)?

6-Why every year do we have major meteor showers in the same date?

7-What is the ecliptic (all of it's meanings)?

8-What is the main source of fuel for a red Giant?

9-When most of the Helium in the Universe was created?

10-What is the Vernal Equinox?

11-What is the main reason for a short or long life of a star?

12-Where do most of the elliptical galaxies exist?

13-What are spectroscopic binary stars?

14-What clestial objects are used to calculate the Hebrew calender?

15-What is a Ring-eclipse?

16-In what moon in the solar-system do astronomers suppose there is a
liquid-water ocean?

17-What the size of the moon in degrees?

18-What is a Planetary Nebulae?

19-What is the Belmar Sequence?

20-What is the maximum mass of a Neutron star?

21-What is the energy source of a quasar?

I've got 16 questions out of 21 correct.

Thanks, Asaf.
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Asaf Shtull-Trauring, Amateur Astronomer



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