Radiation/Airborne/Quiz

Airborne astronomy is a lecture of the radiation astronomy department that may be included in courses like principles of radiation astronomy.

The SOFIA observatory is flying with 100% open telescope door. Credit: NASA.

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Quiz

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1 Yes or No, Astronomy that benefits from using either an airborne observatory or such a telescope or detector system is airborne astronomy.

Yes
No

2 Which of the following are observatories on Earth?

Chandra X-ray Observatory
Big Bear
TRACE
Kodaikanal
the Hubble
Lomnický štít
McMath-Pierce
SOFIA

3 Yes or No, An airborne observatory is an airplane or balloon with an astronomical telescope.

Yes
No

4 Complete the text:

Match up the altitude with its concept:
altitude - A
meters above sea level - B
indicated altitude - C
absolute altitude - D
true altitude - E
height - F
pressure altitude - G
density altitude - H
altitude in terms of distance above a certain point

masl

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usually a vertical distance measurement

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altitude in terms of the density of the air

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the altimeter reading

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altitude in terms of air pressure

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altitude in elevation above sea level

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distance above the ground directly

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5 True or False, A sunrise may be detected by an airborne observatory.

TRUE
FALSE

6 Which of the following are observatories on Earth?

Chandra X-ray Observatory
Giza Pyramids
TRACE
Tuorla Observatory
the Hubble
Aldershot Observatory
Stonehenge
SOFIA

7 Yes or No, Airborne gamma-ray spectrometry is now the accepted leading technique for uranium prospecting with worldwide applications for geological mapping, mineral exploration & environmental monitoring.

Yes
No

8 Complete the text:

Match up the item letter with each of the possibilities below:
Balloons - A
Sounding rockets - B
Aircraft assisted launches - C
Orbital rocketry - D
Shuttle payload - E
Heliocentric rocketry - F
Exploratory rocketry - G
Lunar rover - H
Ranger 5

microcalorimeter arrays

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MeV Auroral X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy

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Lunokhod 2

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ALEXIS

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Ulysses

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Broad Band X-Ray Telescope

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Solar Heliospheric Observatory

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9 Yes or No, Gamma rays at energies of 0.3 to 8 megaelectron volts (MeV) were detected on 15 April 1988 from four nuclear-powered satellites including Cosmos 1900 and Cosmos 1932 as they flew over a balloon-borne double Compton gamma-ray telescope.

Yes
No

10 Complete the text:

Match up the altitude region with its altitude:
troposphere - A
stratosphere - B
mesosphere - C
thermosphere - D
exosphere - E
58 to 68 km

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surface to between 8,000 and 18,000 m

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143 km to 153 km

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10,818 to 10,828 km

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818 km to 828 km

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Hypotheses

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  1. Airborne astronomy from sufficient altitude should be able to almost replace sounding rockets.

See also

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