Re: (meteorobs) I did it!

To: meteorobs@latrade.com
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) I did it!
From: Jin Zhu <zj@bac.pkudot edu.cn>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 23:17:44 +0800 (CST)
Cc: zj@vega.bac.pkudot edu.cn (Jin Zhu)
In-Reply-To: <19990119104544.5280.rocketmail@send206.yahoomail.com> from "Asaf Shtull-Trauring" at Jan 19, 99 02:45:44 am
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Asaf,

> I'm happy to annouce that I passed the first part of the Israeli
> Astrophysics Olympiad for youth. The first part took place in the
> Tel-Aviv Universaty, the 27th of December.

Congratuations!

> I was told I'll need to bring a calculater, and that a bit scares me,
> since the Olympaid is supposed to be for 9th to 11th grade students,
> and I'm only in 8th grade... Anyone has an idea what kind of questions
> can be asked in astrophysics with using a calculater?

A meteor-related questions might be the minimum and maximum speeds
a meteor could have? (Given the mass of earth and sun, the distance
between earth and sun...) (It may not be so astrophysics...)

Good luck, Jin
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(meteorobs) I did it!

From: Asaf Shtull-Trauring <astropal@yahoo.com>