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Official Summer 2024 Pearson Edexcel GCSE 1AS0/02 Astronomy (1AS0) Paper 2: Telescopic Astronomy Merged Question Paper + Mark Scheme

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Pearson Edexcel
GCSE
1AS0/02
Astronomy (1AS0)
Paper 2: Telescopic Astronomy




Merged Question Paper + Mark Scheme

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Pearson Edexcel Level 1 / Level 2 GCSE (9–1)
Tuesday 18 June 2024
Afternoon (Time: 1 hour 45 minutes) Paper
reference 1AS0/02
Astronomy  


Paper 2
Telescopic Astronomy


You must have: Total Marks
Formulae and Data Sheet (enclosed)
Calculator, ruler


Instructions
•• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
•• Answer all questions.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
•• Calculators may be used.
Any diagrams may NOT be accurately drawn, unless otherwise indicated.
• You must show all your working out with your answer clearly identified
at the end of your solution.
Information
•• The total mark for this paper is 100.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
•• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
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, Formulae and Data Sheet

Formulae




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Equation of Time = Apparent Solar Time (AST) – Mean Solar Time (MST)




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T2
Kepler’s 3rd law: = a constant
r3




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Magnification of telescope: magnification =




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Distance modulus formula: M = m + 5 – 5 log d

λ  λ0 v
Redshift formula:

λ0 c

Hubble’s law: v = H0 d




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Data




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Mass of Earth 6.0 × 1024 kg

Mean diameter of Earth 13 000 km




IN THIS
Mean diameter of Moon 3500 km




IN AREA
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Mean diameter of Sun 1.4 × 106 km

One Astronomical Unit (AU) 1.5 × 108 km

Mean Earth to Moon distance 380 000 km

One light year (l.y.) 9.5 × 1012 km

One parsec (pc) 3.1 × 1013 km = 3.26 l.y. DO NOT WRITE

Sidereal day of Earth 23 h 56 min
NOT WRITE



Synodic day of Earth 24 h 00 min
IN THIS




Temperature of solar photosphere 5800 K
IN AREA




Hubble Constant 68 km/s/Mpc
THIS AREA




Speed of light in vacuum 3.0 × 108 m/s




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Sidereal Mean
Type of Mean distance Diameter Mass/ Ring
Name period/ Earth temperature Moons




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body from Sun/AU /1000 km Earth mass systems
year /°C

Mercury planet 0.38 0.24 170 4.9 0.055 no none

Venus planet 0.72 0.62 470 12.1 0.82 no none

Earth planet 1.0 1.0 15 12.8 1.00 no 1: the Moon

2 small moons: Deimos and
Mars planet 1.5 1.9 –50 6.9 0.11 no
Phobos

Ceres dwarf planet 2.8 4.6 –105 0.95 1.5 × 10–4 no none

4 major moons: Ganymede,
Jupiter planet 5.2 11.9 –150 143 318 yes Callisto, Europa, Io
>60 others
5 major moons: including
Saturn planet 9.5 29.5 –180 121 95 yes Titan, Iapetus
>55 others
5 major moons: including
Uranus planet 19.1 84.0 –210 51 15 yes Titania, Oberon
>20 others
1 major: Triton




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Neptune planet 30.0 165 –220 50 17 yes




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>12 others
1 major: Charon
Pluto dwarf planet 39.5 248 –230 2.4 2.2 × 10–3 no
>4 other moons

Haumea dwarf planet 43.1 283 –241 1.4 6.7 × 10–4 no 2

Eris dwarf planet 67.8 557 –230 2.3 2.8 × 10–3 no at least 1




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