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point/mass or space time - 13.7 billion year ago - big bang explosion - first particles &
atoms formed in next 3 minutes - Steven winberg (noble) - microwave light was release 4lakh
years after BB - recorded by cosmic background explorer (NASA Project) - fusion 10 million
deg c- Gaia ( ESA - map milky way - 10^9 stars, first satellite did galactic census) - after MW
light there was period of darkness (100 million years) - followed by visible light and UV
radiation. - followed by formation of galaxies and stars - initial stars formed within 1st billion
years--much bigger than any of stars near Solar System - these stars formed in galaxies
simultaneously in corporting this stars/ theses galaxies so formed continue to move away from
each other which leads to expansion of universe - generally the galaxies itself are not expanding -
matter near the core of galaxy.
NEBULA- Cloud of hydrogen gases
GALAXY - is formed due to gravitational attraction of initial matter of universe - mainly gases -
might take form of stars as well. - large no of stars - size varies from 80k to 150k light year (1LY
= 9.5*10^12 km)
STAR: Grow from localised lump of gases (more condensed Nebula) these clums condense a
under their own gravity & heat up to begin thermo nuclear reaction H ->He simultaneously emit
radios including visible light-- light seen from clumps called stars (13.7-12.7 billion years ago)
Proof. Of expansion--
1. Normal galaxies
1. The spiral eg. Milky-way
2. The elliptical
3. Irregular
2. Peculiar galaxies
1. Interactive galaxies - 2 galaxies are in process of interacting
2. Active galaxies - core emits high radiation eg Blazers, Quasars
Life of Star
Binar star (LIGO laboratory) - 2 set of stars revolve around each other - under Mutual gravity -
they collide - gravitational anomly in space-time. New way of knowing universe (till now in
form of EM waves)
Sun- 6 layers -
Solar winds-- high temp, charged particles, from sun travel away.
Distance b/W sun & earth - 1 Astronomical unit (150 *10^6 km) //saturn at 10AU // Asteriods
b/W Mars and jupiter. // beyond Neptune - TNO- Trans neptune object/KBO-Kuiper belt object
(33 to 50 AU) // termination SHOCK-100 AU // Heliopause (Voyager 1 - NASA) - effect of sun
// short period comets come from KBO - 200 years rotation around Sun- // beyond helio pause -
oort cloud (5000 AU - 100000 AU) - long period comets.
Terristrial planet - Rigid surface - (Mercury, venus, earth - 1 satellite, Mars - 2 satellite )/ no
rings
Jovian Planet ( Rings
Gaseous planet (Jupiter - 67 known satellite - rings & Saturn - 62 satellite - 7 rings) -
size
Icy state (Uranus - 27 - 13 rings & Neptune -14 - 6 rings) smaller than gaseous palnets
All plants except for venus and Mars have magnetic field, venus rotates very slow, Mars because
core has solidified. - (to have magnetic field good rotation speed & molten magnetic material) //
Venus along with Uranus rotates retrograde (east to west) unlike prograde(west to east) //
Uranus has axis parallel to plane of revolution. (rolling)
Manned
o Orbital
o Space station (ISS)
Umanned
o Fly by ( Voyager 1 & 2)
o Orbital mission (Juno, Mom)
o Rover mission (soft landing) - collects samples -
EARTH