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Stars and Planet Formation

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By: Nicole Smith
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Decks in this class (14)

Section 1
Do old or new stars emit more x rays,
Where do infrared ray get detecte...,
What are darker regions in the sp...
22  cards
Section 2
What are the assumptions for viri...,
When is a star in hydrostatic equ...,
What is omega in the virial equation
25  cards
Section 3
What is the total intensity,
What is intensity independent of,
What is flux of radiation
36  cards
Section 4
What happens when star light hits...,
What is reddening,
What is flux of radiation and wha...
45  cards
Section 5
What is needed to determine the c...,
In observations in uv what do sta...,
In the interstellar extinction cu...
22  cards
Section 6
What happens if the core temperat...,
What is the main heating process ...,
What do cosmic rays consist of an...
28  cards
Section 7
Why does fragmentation stop,
What happens when fragmentation s...,
What is formed as a result of the...
21  cards
Section 8
What happens when a cloud core is...,
Why are there emissions over a ra...,
What is the shape of the emission...
22  cards
Section 9
What will eventually happen to th...,
What is the typical range of cent...,
What leads to a flattened disk
25  cards
Section 10
Why is an accretion disk formed,
What is their orbital velocity cl...,
What objects have orbital velocit...
31  cards
Section 11
What is the stellar birth line,
Before a protostar can join main ...,
What is the timescale for contrac...
38  cards
Section 12
What does the blue wave in images...,
Why do jets appear as knots,
What are herbig halo objects
30  cards
Section 13
What happens when a star heads to...,
What happens as star evolves,
What causes sed of star to drasti...
18  cards
Section 14
What are the jovian planets huge ...,
What is pluto and how is it belie...,
What makes the inner terrestrial ...
60  cards

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