Radiation/Balloons/Quiz
Balloons for astronomy is a lecture about the lofting technology of balloons to place astronomical detectors above nearly all of the Earth's atmosphere. It is part of an effort to describe lofting technologies in astronomy.
You are free to take this quiz based on balloons for astronomy at any time.
To improve your score, read and study the lecture, the links contained within, listed under See also, External links, and in the {{repellor vehicle}} template. This should give you adequate background to get 100 %.
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Quiz
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Hypotheses
[edit | edit source]- Balloons were used for astronomy in the Incan Empire.
See also
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- International Astronomical Union
- NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database - NED
- NASA's National Space Science Data Center
- The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
- SDSS Quick Look tool: SkyServer
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- SIMBAD Web interface, Harvard alternate
- Spacecraft Query at NASA.
- Universal coordinate converter