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Q1.
We see the Crab Nebula is about 1.35 parsecs
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in
radius and is expanding at a rate of 1400 km/s.
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Extrapolate
backwards in time and estimate about
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when
would the supernova creating the Crab
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Nebula
have exploded?
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Distance/rate/time
problem so
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1.35
pc = 1400 km/s x time
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Convert pc to km: 1pc = 3.09 x 1013 km
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Time = (4.2x1013km)/(1400 km/s) = 3 x 1010 s
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Convert
to years: 31.5 million seconds in a year
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Time
= 950 years (if you dont round get 920)
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