Astronomy 110: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
Chapter Review Exercises from Universe, 6th edition, Freedman & Kaufmann
These are selected end-of-chapter excersises from your textbook. They do NOT have to be
handed in, and will not be graded. The problems for a chapter will usually be posted as we
start that chapter, and the solutions will be posted a few days before that chapter's in-class
quiz. You should attempt to solve the problems yourself before looking at the solutions.
Keep in mind that the in-class quiz for a chapter will be similar to one of these problems.
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Chapter Questions
1 : 1.7, 1.8, 1.11, 1.12, 1.14-1.16, 1.24-1.26, 1.29, 1.31
solutions
2 : 2.5, 2.7, 2.23, 2.25, 2.26, 2.28b
solutions
4 : 4.17, 4.20, 4.21, 4.23, 4.33, 4.36
solutions
5 : 5.6-5.8, 5.12, 5.14, 5.17, 5.18, 5.23, 5.26, 5.34,
5.36
solutions
18 : 18.2, 18.4, 18.8, 18.10
solutions
19 : 19.1, 19.3, 19.10, 19.12, 19.13, 19.16, 19.18, 19.26, 19.33, 19.34,
19.46, 19.50, 19.54
solutions
20 : 20.1-3, 20.6, 20.8-11, 20.15, 20.22
solutions
21 : 21.1, 21.3, 21.7, 21.8, 21.10, 21.12, 21.16, 21.34
solutions
22 : 22.1, 22.2, 22.4, 22.6, 22.7, 22.9-22.14, 22.19
solutions
23 : 23.2, 23.5, 23.7, 23.19, 23.21
solutions
24 : 24.2, 24.6, 24.9, 24.12, 24.17, 24.26, 24.27
solutions
25 : 25.1, 25.2, 25.4, 25.11, 25.12, 25.17, 25.19, 25.28, 25.35a
solutions
HINTS FOR 28a:
Carefully read the middle of the first column on page 574 to see how to proceed.
There are 3.09 x 1013 kilometers in 1 parsec.
There are 3.16 x 107 seconds in 1 year.
HINTS FOR 28b and 35a:
Use the version of Kepler's Third Law given on page 441.
There are 2.1 x 105 AU in 1 parsec.
26 : 26.3, 26.6, 26.8, 26.10, 26.12, 26.19, 26.20, 26.24, 26.25
solutions
HINT FOR 24:
There are 3.26 x 106 light-years in 1 megaparsec.
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Last edited 04 May 2004. M. A. Weinstein