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    Space Physics

    • The Earth, Sun and moon


    • The Solar system
    • The Universe
    • Milky Way galaxy
    • Life cycle of stars
    • Light year
    • Redshift
    • Hubble Constant
    Force of Gravity

    • Every mass attract other mass known as force of gravity


    • Planets revolve around the sun and moon revolve around the earth due to
    gravitational force.
    • Force of gravity depends on mass.
    • Gravitational strength for earth is 10N/Kg and for moon is 1.6N/Kg
    Orbital Speed
    • Planets revolve around the sun in nearly circular orbit.
    • In reality orbits are elliptical
    • The speed of planets or moon in the circular orbit is called orbital speed.
    • Speed= distance/time
    • The distance travelled in one circumference is 2r
    • Speed = circumference of circle/ time
    • Speed = 2r/T
    • Where “r “ is the radius of the orbit and “T “ is the time period the time it takes to
    complete one revolution.
    Orbital Speed (Example)
    • The Hubble Space Telescope moves in a circular orbit. Its
    distance above the Earth’s surface is 560 km and the radius of
    the Earth is 6400 km. It completes one orbit in 96 minutes.
    Speed = 2r/T
    Orbital radius r: r=R+h
    Energy of planets
    • Kinetic energy
    • Potential energy
    Light Year
    • The distances in solar system are very large.
    • Distances in outer space are expressed in terms of light year (ly).
    • One light year is the distance travelled by light in one year.
    The Earth’s Axis
    • Earth rotate on its axis which is the
    line through north and south pole
    • The axis is tilted at an angle of
    approximately 23.4 degree from
    vertical
    • Rotation of earth on its axis is
    responsible for day and night
    Equinox
    • Equinox meaning equal night
    • Equinox is when day and night are
    approximately of equal length
    • At the equinoxes the Sun
    rises exactly in the east and
    sets exactly in the west
    Seasons
    • The combination of the orbiting of the Earth
    around the Sun and the Earth's tilt creates
    the seasons
    • Over parts B, C and D of the orbit, the northern
    hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun
    • The southern hemisphere is tilted away from
    the Sun
    • Over parts F, G and H of the orbit, the northern
    hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun
    • At C This is the summer solstice

    • At G This is the winter solstice


    Moon
    • The Moon is a satellite around the Earth
    • It takes 27 – 28 days to revolve around
    earth
    • The Moon revolves around its own axis in a
    month so always has the same side facing
    the Earth
    • moon covers about 400,000 km in one
    revolution.
    • It does not have atmosphere
    • Its gravitational field strength is one sixth
    of earth.
    Phases of moon

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