Foundations of Astrophysics Instructor Solutions Manual

This manual provides complete solutions to the end-of-chapter exercises for Foundations of Astrophysics by Barbara Ryden and Bradley M. Peterson, a first course in astrophysics intended primarily for second-year majors in the physical sciences. SI units, augmented when necessary by various units peculiar to astronomy, are used throughout. In the written solutions, units are given whenever they may not be obvious. 1 Early Astronomy 1 2 Emergence of Modern Astronomy 7 3 Orbital Mechanics 13 4 The Earth–Moon System 23 5 The Interaction of Radiation and Matter 29 6 Astronomical Detection of Light 37 7 The Sun 43 8 Overview of the Solar System 49 9 Earth and Moon 53 10 The Planets 61 11 Small Bodies in the Solar System 69 12 The Solar System in Perspective 73 13 Properties of Stars 79 14 Stellar Atmospheres 87 15 Stellar Interiors 91 16 The Interstellar Medium 97 17 Formation and Evolution of Stars 103 18 Stellar Remnants 107 19 Our Galaxy 115 20 Galaxies 123 21 Active Galaxies 129 22 Clusters and Superclusters 135 23 Cosmology 139 24 History of the Universe 143