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Important Questions on Astronomy and Cosmology

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A black body has maximum wavelength λm at temperature 2200 K. Its corresponding wavelength at temperature 3300 K will be
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The maximum wavelength of radiation emitted by a star is 289.8 nm. Then intensity of radiation for the star is (Given : Stefan’s constant = 5.67×10-8 W m-2 K-4 , Wien’s constant, b=2898 μm K)
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If temperature of a black body increases from 300 K to 900 K, then the rate of energy radiation increases by
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If temperature of black body increases from 17°C to 307°C, then the rate of radiation increases by
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A spherical black body with a radius of 12 cm radiates 450 W power at 500 K. If the radius were halved and the temperature doubled, the power radiated in watt would be
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Earth receives Sun's radiation at the rate of P W m-2. Mean distance between the Sun and the Earth is r m. Radius of the Sun is R m. If Stefan's constant is σ (in SI units), surface temperature of the Sun, in kelvin, is
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The filament of a light bulb has surface area 64 mm2. The filament can be considered as a black body at temperature 2500 K emitting radiation like a point source when viewed from far. At night the light bulb is observed from a distance of 100 m. Assume the pupil of the eyes of the observer to be circular with radius 3 mm. Then:

(Take Stefan-Boltzmann constant =5.67×10-8 W m-2 K-4, Wiens' displacement constant =2.90×103 m K, Planck's constant =6.60×1034 J s, speed of light in vacuum =3.00×108 ms1)

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Two black bodies A and B have equal surface areas and are maintained at temperatures 27°C and 177°C respectively. What will be the ratio of the thermal energy radiated per second by A to that by B?

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A black coloured solid sphere of radius R and mass M is inside a cavity with a vacuum inside. The walls of the cavity are maintained at temperature T0. The initial temperature of the sphere is 3T0. If the specific heat of the material of the sphere varies as αT3 per unit mass with the temperature T of the sphere, where α is a constant, then the time taken for the sphere to cool down to temperature 2T0 will be

(σ is Stefan Boltzmann constant)

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Parallel rays of light of intensity I=912 Wm-2 are incident on a spherical black body kept in surroundings of temperature 300 K. Take Stefan-Boltzmann constant σ=5.7×10-8 Wm-2 K-4 and assume that the energy exchange with the surroundings is only through radiation. The final steady state temperature of the black body is close to
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The power radiated by a black body is P and it radiates maximum energy at wavelength, λ0. If the temperature of the black body is now changed so that it radiates maximum energy at wavelength 34λ0, the power radiated by it becomes nP. The value of n is
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On observing light from three different stars P , Q and R , it was found that intensity of violet colour is maximum in the spectrum of P , the intensity of green colour is maximum in the spectrum of R and the intensity of red colour is maximum in the spectrum of Q . If Tp, TQ and TR are the respective absolute temperatures of P , Q and R , then it can be concluded from the above observations that :
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A human body has a surface area of approximately 1 m2. The normal body temperature is 10 K above the surrounding room temperature T0 . Take the room temperature to be T0=300 K . For  T0=300 K, the value of σT4=460 W m-2(where σ is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant). Which of the following options is/are correct?
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Two spherical black bodies have radii r1 and r 2. Their surface temperatures are T1 and T 2. If they radiate same power then r2r1 is
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Choose the correct word given below and fill in the blank. 
(Moon, eight, Stars, Milky Way, Mercury)
_____ have their own light.

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Write the quadrants in which the following points lie:

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