57.A star is 1.45 parsec away. How much parallax will this star show when viewed from two locations of the earth six months apart in its orbit around the sun? 1) 2 Parsec. 2) 0.725 Parsec. 3) 1.45 Parsec. 4) 2.9 Parsec

Open in App

Solution

Suggest Corrections

Similar questions

Q. A star is

1.45 p a r s e c

light years away. How much parallax would this star show when viewed from two locations of the earth six months apart in its orbit around the sun?

Q. The nearest star to our solar system is 4.29 light years away. How much is this distance in terms of parsecs? How much parallax would this star (named Alpha Centauri) show when viewed from two locations of the Earth six months apart in its orbit around the Sun ?

Q. The nearest star to our solar system is

4.29 l . y

away. How much is this distance in terms of Parsec?

The principle of ‘parallax’ in section 2.3.1 is used in the determination of distances of very distant stars. The baseline AB is the line joining the Earth’s two locations six months apart in its orbit around the Sun. That is, the baseline is about the diameter of the Earth’s orbit ≈ 3 × 10¹¹m. However, even the nearest stars are so distant that with such a long baseline, they show parallax only of the order of 1” (second) of arc or so. A parsec is a convenient unit of length on the astronomical scale. It is the distance of an object that will show a parallax of 1” (second) of arc from opposite ends of a baseline equal to the distance from the Earth to the Sun. How much is a parsec in terms of meters?

Join BYJU'S Learning Program