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Section 0: Overview
What is hydrostatic equilibrium 1,
What is the equation for hydrosta...,
What is the definition of a star 3
3
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Section 1: Introduction, flux, distance, magnitude, colour
What is the equation for the lumi...,
What is the equation for parallax 2,
What is the equation for calculat...
15
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Section 2: Blackbody radiation and effective temperature
What is the effective temeprature 1,
What is the equation for effectiv...,
What are emission lines 3
3
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Section 3: Stellar Spectroscopy and classification
What is the key factor in emissio...,
How do high temperatures affect a...,
Why are he absorption lines found...
6
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Section 4: Stellar atmospheres
What is the equation for absorpti...,
What is the equation for scatteri...,
What is the equation for emission...
24
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Section 5 - Stellar structure and interiors
What is the equation for hydrosta...,
What is the mass of a shell 2,
What is the equation for energy g...
6
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Section 6 - Energy generation in Stars
What is the virial theorem 1,
How do the gravitaional energy an...,
What is the thermal energy per pa...
16
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Section 7: Stellar evolution, Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
What is the condition for expansi...,
What is the condition for cloud c...,
What is the equation for collapse...
19
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Section 8 - Binary Stars and fundamental parameters
What are the types of binary syst...,
What is a visual binary 2,
What is the kepler mass radius eq...
8
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Section 1. The Sun
What is the effective temperature...,
What type of star is the sun 2,
What is the equation for luminosi...
21
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Section 2. Introduction to the planets
What are the classes of planets 1,
What is the definition of a planet 2,
What is the nebula hypothesis 3
11
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Section 3. Planetary motion
What is geocentric 1,
How is the retrograde motion expl...,
What is an epicycle 3
21
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Section 4. Terrestrial planets
What is the expected temperature ...,
What is the basic description of ...,
What is the expected temperature ...
43
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Section 5. Giant planets
What are the gas giants 1,
What are the ice giants 2,
What is the equation of state for...
36
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Section 7. Formation of the Solar System
What is the nebular hypothesis 1,
What is the esitamtion for the mi...,
What is the lifetime of a protopl...
16
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Section 8. Exoplanets, habitability and extra-terrestrial life
What is an extremophile 1,
What are examples of extreme cond...,
What are the fundamental requirem...
4
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