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Sunday, November 06, 2011

"Out of the Earth" Quiz

1. What is being calculated here? And Id the Equation.

where 
R* = the average rate of star formation per year in our galaxy
fp = the fraction of those stars that have planets
ne = the average number of planets that can potentially support life per star that has planets
f = the fraction of the above that actually go on to develop life at some point
fi = the fraction of the above that actually go on to develop intelligent life
fc = the fraction of civilizations that develop a technology that releases detectable signs of their existence into space
fl = the length of time for which such civilizations release detectable signals into space
2. What is a Goldilocks Planet?

3. Which unit of length has the symbol 'pc'?

4. Where will you find the planets : Cato Neimoidia, Dantooine, Kamino, Rattatak?

5.  Connect Bernadette Rostenkowski, Rajesh Koothrappali , Howard Wolowitz, Sheldon Cooper, Amy Farrah Fowler, Penny, Leonard Hofstadter.