Claire Anctil
Astronomy teacher | Tutor for 8 years
With a passion for unraveling the mysteries of the cosmos, I hold a degree in Astronomy from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. As a dedicated tutor, I bring celestial insights to students across various subjects. Whether navigating through the vastness of physics or exploring the intricacies of mathematics, my goal is to foster curiosity and understanding. Join me on an educational journey where the wonders of the universe meet the quest for knowledge.
Questions
Why do astronomers try to find the distance to stars using parallax?
How can you easily visualize the size of the universe?
According to the Big Bang theory, our universe started out as a singularity. In what did the singularity exist if nothing existed prior to the Big Bang?
How do scientists know how large the universe is?
What is the temperature on Pluto?
What unit of measurement is used when calculating the distance between earth and the sun?
How big is the universe in light years?
How do we know weak nuclear force exists?
How do you solve for parallax?
- How did the Greeks prove that the Earth is round?
- How can the other galaxies be used as prototypes to help classify the Milky Way?
- The nearest stars subtend far too small an angle to be resolved by a ground-based telescope with a resolution of 1 second of arc. At what distance would a solar-type star have to be to be resolved by such a telescope?
- Why can the structure of the universe be compared to bubbles?
- What is the most widely accepted theory of the moon's origin?
- What forces does a black hole use?
- How are images from space of Earth and other objects are useful?
- What is the size in meters of the observable universe?
- What planetary orbit model allows a scientist to predict the exact positions of the planets in the night sky for many years?
- From which New York State location would Polaris be observed to have an altitude closest to 43° above the northern horizon?
- When Venus passes between the Earth and the sun, it is visible as a tiny black dot on the sun's bright disk. Why is Mars never visible in this same way?