Category: Rotational Motion & Astrophysics

Stellar Physics Notes

Here is a great little video- what do you expect from the IoP?

https://www.youtube.com/The Life Cycle of Stars

Good Morning campers, on this dreich Scottish Morning, after a bus trip from home to school, where the driver was going for the Formula 1 Bus record, I was delighted to take my mind off the journey with an excellent programme of lessons on the Stellar Physics. Following this course allows you to go at your own pace and cover what you need.

Chapter 4: by Dr. Christopher Palma

If you need more info on Log graphs try this Khan Academy Video.

I love a good song!

G being Newton’s Universal Gravitational Constant, although a number was only put to this many years after Newton’s time.

Cavendish experiment, measurement of the force of gravitational attraction between pairs of lead spheres, which allows the calculation of the value of the gravitational constant, G. In Newton’s law of universal gravitation, the attractive force between two objects (F) is equal to G times the product of their masses (m₁m₂) divided by the square of the distance between them (r²); that is, F = Gm₁m₂/r². The experiment was performed in 1797–98 by the English scientist Henry Cavendish. He followed a method prescribed, and used an apparatus built, by his countryman the geologist and astronomer John Michell, who had died in 1793.

https://www.britannica.com/science/Cavendish-experiment

You’re bound to find some notes here that you like. I’ll upload my material when I’ve put it into one booklet. Meanwhile, you can’t go wrong with these.

ah rotational motion summary notes and problems 2013 

I think these are great and will be the ones I’ll be using. They are Robert Gordon’s College.

ah astrophysics summary notes and problems 2013

I think these are great and will be the ones I’ll be using. They are Robert Gordon’s College.

STELLAR PHYSICS NOTES

Rotational Motion and Astrophysics Questions

RotationalMotionandAstrophysics_tcm4-726390 

word document

RotationalMotionandAstrophysics_tcm4-726390 pdf

ah rotational motion summary notes and problems 2013

Unit 1 – Part 1 – Rotational Motion Notes

Unit 1 – Part 2 – Astrophysics Notes

AH (Circular Motion) Sorry I am not sure where these notes have come from, but thanks.

Stellar Physics- try these inspiring videos

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There are some great videos that can explain General Relativity much better than I can. A few are given below:
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Remember at Advanced Higher you are expected to have a BASIC knowledge, not a deep knowledge of General Relativity. The purpose is to introduce you to some of the more modern (110 years!) Physics.

How does he make it sound just so simple and intuitive?

What’s the difference between Special and General Relativity?- Sixty Symbols, University of Nottingham.

Here is a playlist for all 11 videos by Dr PhysicsA. These are lovely clearly explained videos, that are easy to understand and digest.

Test your intuition with cylinders rolling down a slope. Just keep your own score of how many you worked out correctly.