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Last Class
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Last Class
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The Universe
and the Big
Bang
Dark Matter
and Dark
Energy
Extrasolar
Planets
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Galaxy
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Galactic Centre
a Supermassive Black Hole
4.1 million solar
masses,
or about
8.21036 kg
About the
diameter of
Uranus' orbit
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0u3lAKV4Pk
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Farther galaxies
are moving away
faster
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Universal Expansion
Space itself is
expanding, carrying
galaxies apart
No centre, no edge
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Observe using
light, which
travels at
300,000 km/s
We see back in
time...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3MWRvLndzs
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Take-up Questions C
All galaxies
A. Experience
something different
depending on their location
B. See the same exact thing
Do galaxies move
The universe along across the
A. Has an edge, no centre balloon surface?
B. Has no centre, but has an edge
C. Has an edge and a centre Do they change
D. Has neither an edge nor a centre size?
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Dark Matter:
Galaxy rotation curves and cluster orbits
There is 10
times the
amount of
mass in this
spherical
halo than all
the stars in
the disk
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Dark Energy
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What is the
original cause of
the expansion?
A. Dark Matter
B. Dark Energy
C. Big Bang
Stars: 0.5%
H and He: 4%
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We understand < 5% of it
Detecting Exoplanets
times
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Other Methods
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Doppler Technique
51 Pegasi B
First around a sun-like
star
Transit Technique
Techniques
A. Direct detection
B. Doppler
C. Transit
http://phl.upr.edu/projects/habitable-exoplanets-catalog/media/pte
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http://phl.upr.edu/projects/habitable-exoplanets-catalog
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Current Estimates
2013: first estimates of habitable Earths around
Sun-like stars (Petigura et al.)
22% have Earths
ONE IN FIVE STARS
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