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    Right Ascension and Declination

    Homework Statement Can someone help me to understand this problem: You observe an object at location(longitude –16°30’E, Latitude 28°18’N) passing the meridian (azimuth=0) at 5h (am) Coordination Universal Time (UCT). The star's elevation is 43°40’ and the stellar time at Greenwich at 0h...
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    How Much Does Shaking a Water Bottle Increase Its Temperature?

    Homework Statement If you were to shake bottle with some water in it for about ten minutes, then roughly, how much would the temperature increase? Homework Equations K=1/2mv^2 U=N*f*1/2*k*T The Attempt at a Solution I think we need to find kinetic energy and assume it all gets...