Test #3 Objectives: 3 Flashcards
Stellar Evolution Steps…
- Cloud of dust and gas
- Protostar
- Fusion begins
- Main Sequence star
- Red Giant star
- Variable star
- Planetary Nebula
8A. White Dwarf
8B. Neutron star
8C. Black Hole
Give the Location of a Possible Black Hole?
Cygnus X-1
What is a White Hole?
Material comes out.
What is a Black Hole?
Material comes in.
What is a Worm Hole?
Two holes connected.
How Did Chandrasekhar Win the Nobel Prize?
Stars less than 1.4 times the mass of the Sun, will be white dwarfs. Greater than this mass will be Neutron Stars or Black Holes.
Gravity According to Theory of Relativity?
The bending/warping of the spacetime continuum.
4 Physical Forces Known to Science
Gravity, Electro Magnetic Force, Strong Nuclear and Weak Nuclear.
Stellar Explosions: Mild to Violent
Planetary Nebula, Nova, Super Nova
End Products of Stars: Least Massive to Most Massive
White Dwarfs, Neutron Star, Black Hole
8A. 8B. 8C.
Black Holes May be Detected by?
- X-rays
2. Binary company will travel in a wavy path