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Astronomy Grades - 08/26

Answers:

Q1: The star is 4 light years away from Earth, so it would be 24 trillion miles away.

Q2: Light moves at the rate of 186 thousand miles per second and so in one year it can travel 6 trillion miles = 4 years for the star to travel to Earth.

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Roll & Grades:

narcotics H1 = O

Geminio S2 = O

Arsonist S1 = T (-5 House Points)

Weasley S5 = EE

plastic S5 = O

Qudamah H1 =  O 

Weresavages S1 = O

Patronuscharm R1 = EE

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House Points:

Gryffindor: ~

Slytherin: 23 

Hufflepuff: 15

Ravenclaw: 8

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Astronomy Homework 08/25

Roll:

narcotics H1

Geminio S2

Arsonist S1

Weasley S5

plastic S5

Qudamah H1

Weresavages S1

Patronuscharm R1

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Homework:

If  the nearest star is 4 light years away how many miles away is it?

How long will it take for the light from that star to travel to the Earth?

Search the Internet, books, or other resources.  Find information on one Astronomer.  Write a paragraph about him/her describing how they helped our understanding of the Universe. Here is a useful website with a lot of info about astronomers (below). Make sure you write this in your own words.

http://www.allaboutspace.com/subjects/astronomy/glossary/Astronomers.shtml 

- Professor Targaryen