Satellites for radiation astronomy/Quiz

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This view of the deployed LDCM spacecraft shows the calibration ports of the TIRS and OLI instruments. Credit: NASA/GSFC.

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1 Complete the text:

Match up the radiation type with the satellite:

meteor - A

cosmic ray - B

neutral atoms - C

neutron - D

proton - E

electron - F

positron - G

neutrino - H

gamma ray - I

X-ray - J

ultraviolet - K

optical - L

visual - M

violet - N

blue - O

cyan - P

green - Q

yellow - R

orange - S

red - T

infrared - U

submillimeter - V

microwave - W

radio - X

radar - Y

superluminal - Z

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2 True or False, LADEE is designed to characterize the tenuous Mercurial atmosphere and dust environment from orbit.

	TRUE
	FALSE

3 Which of the following are observatories above the Earth's atmosphere?

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

4 True or False, The NuSTAR observatory has a 10.14 m instrument focal length for its Wolter I telescopes.

	TRUE
	FALSE

5 Which of the following are solar observatory satellites?

	Einstein Observatory
	OSO 7
	Hinode
	High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1
	Koronas-Foton
	STEREO

6 True or False, The Hβ emission line does not appear when the F492M filter is used on the Hubble Space Telescope because its wavelength is 486.1 nm.

	TRUE
	FALSE

7 Complete the text:

Match up the radiation letter with each of the detector possibilities below:

Optical rays - L

Visual rays - M

Violet rays - N

Blue rays - O

Cyan rays - P

Green rays - Q

Yellow rays - R

Orange rays - S

Red rays - T

multialkali (Na-K-Sb-Cs) photocathode materials .

F547M .

F675W .

broad-band filter centered at 404 nm .

F588N .

thallium bromide (TlBr) crystals .

F606W .

18 micrometers FWHM at 490 nm .

wide-gap II-VI semiconductor ZnO doped with Co2+ (Zn1-xCoxO) .

8 True or False, The Hubble Space Telescope currently uses the Wide Field Planetary Camera (PC-2) with its F492M filter among others for green astronomy.

	TRUE
	FALSE

9 Complete the text:

Match up the item letter with each of the X-ray angular resolution possibilities below:

Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer - A

XMM-Newton - B

Chandra X-ray Observatory - C

Swift - D

Astro-rivelatore Gamma ad Imagini Leggero (AGILE) - E

Solar Heliospheric Observatory - F

Suzaku - G

Koronas-Foton - H

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10 True or False, The first gamma-ray telescope was carried into orbit aboard OSO 3.

	TRUE
	FALSE

11 Which of the following are green observatories in orbit around the Earth?

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

12 True or False, The Gaia satellite uses optical astronomy.

	TRUE
	FALSE

13 A radiation-satellite control group to evaluate other satellites may contain what?

	a radiation astronomy telescope
	stealth technology
	a two-way communication system
	a Sun screen
	a positional locator
	an orientation propulsion system
	power supplies
	energy sources or accumulators such as photocells

14 True or False, The Radiation Belt Storm Probes are now called the Van Allen probes.

	TRUE
	FALSE

15 Complete the text:

The solar occultation for experiment (SOFIE) is an radiometer experiment that uses a differential absorption technique in solar occultation ( and sunset).

16 True or False, The brightness temperature of the sea surface has a direct correlation to surface salinity.

	TRUE
	FALSE

17 Complete the text:

The ram orientation is the direction in which the space station is , and the wake orientation faces the direction .

18 True or False, The space shuttle Atlantis has served as a detector for micrometeoroids.

	TRUE
	FALSE

19 Complete the text:

The zenith orientation faces from Earth into space, while the nadir orientation faces straight to Earth.

20 Yes or No, Positrons are not directly observed by the INTEGRAL space telescope, but the 511 keV positron annihilation gamma-ray emission is.

	Yes
	No

Hypotheses

Main resource: Hypotheses

1. Radiation astronomy satellites may have extended and improved life spans if they could be upgraded and repaired at the International Space Station.

See also

• Astronomy/Quiz
• Green astronomy/Quiz
• Planetary science/Quiz
• Radiation astrochemistry/Quiz
• Radiation astrogeography/Quiz
• Radiation astrohistory/Quiz
• Radiation astronomy/Quiz
• Theoretical radiation astronomy/Quiz

External links

• 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

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