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Bangladesh Astronomy Olympiad 2010 (National)

The document provides information about the 5th National Astronomy Olympiad in Bangladesh, including physical constants and formulas relevant to astronomy such as the gravitational constant, mass of Earth and Moon, parsec, Wien's law, Stefan-Boltzmann constant. It also lists 11 problems related to topics in astronomy, such as geostationary satellites, rocket thrust, Kepler's laws, properties of pulsars and the sun, Hubble's constant, and the observable universe.

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Bangladesh Astronomy Olympiad 2010 (National)

The document provides information about the 5th National Astronomy Olympiad in Bangladesh, including physical constants and formulas relevant to astronomy such as the gravitational constant, mass of Earth and Moon, parsec, Wien's law, Stefan-Boltzmann constant. It also lists 11 problems related to topics in astronomy, such as geostationary satellites, rocket thrust, Kepler's laws, properties of pulsars and the sun, Hubble's constant, and the observable universe.

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5th National Astronomy Olympiad, Bangladesh.

Full Marks: 100

Gravitational Constant, G = 6.67 × 10 1 PC (Parsec) = 3.086 × 10

Mass of Earth ( ) = 5.977 × 10 Diameter of Earth = 12756 km

Mass of Moon ( ) = 0.01227 Distance between Earth and Moon = 384000 km

Stefan Boltzmann Constant, = 5.67 × 10 Wien’s Law, λ = 0.00289/ T

1. (i) (Marks 5) Geostationary satellites normally have orbits.


(a) Equatorial
(b) Polar
(c) Either A or B
(d) Neither A nor B

(ii) (Marks 5) The 2.7K radiation coming from all direction is


(a) At one frequency in the Microwave Range
(b) A range of frequencies like that given off by a black body

2. (Marks 5) A rocket expels gases at the rate of 200 kg/sec, at a velocity of 1500 . Find the
thrust exerted by the rocket.

3. (Marks 15) Use Law of conservation of Angular Momentum to prove Kepler’s Second Law.

4. (Marks 10) Derive the distance of a Geostationary Satellite from the surface of Earth.

5. (Marks 5) Given a satellite is 5000 km above the equator, find the maximum latitude from
which the satellite is just visible. (Hint: Use right angle triangle)

6. (Marks 10) Derive the Escape Velocity ( ) of a body, so as to escape the surface of Earth.

7. (Marks 5) Why is it preferred to launch satellites from close to the equator?

8. (Marks 10) Given a Pulsar emitting a pulse every 1 millisecond. Find the Density of the Pulsar,
so that the surface matter does not fly off into space.

9. ( Marks 10) Given the strongest emitted wavelength (λ = 5 × 10 m), Find the surface
temperature of the Sun. (Hint: Wien’s Displacement Law)

10. (Marks 10) Given Hubble ’s constant, H = 71 km/s per mega parsec. Calculate the age of
Universe.

11. (Marks 10) Find the Distance of Observable Universe from the Earth.

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