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Mrs. Yow Pre-Algebra  Years ago scientist developed a short-cut to writing really BIG numbers and really small numbers.  It’s called…… Scientific Notation!

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2 Mrs. Yow Pre-Algebra

3  Years ago scientist developed a short-cut to writing really BIG numbers and really small numbers.  It’s called…… Scientific Notation!

4 The Hubble Space Telescope orbits 353 miles above the surface of the Earth. NASA’S Hubble Telescope took pictures of a supernova that is 169,000 light years away. Write this number in scientific notation. 169,000 = 1.69 x

5  Among the billions of stars in a galaxy called the Whirlpool Galaxy, a massive star suddenly ends its life in a brilliant flash of light.  NASA's Hubble Space Telescope snapped images of the exploding star, 12 days after its discovery by amateur astronomers.  The exploding star was given the name : supernova 2005cs.  Those photos were compared with Hubble images of the same region before the supernova exploded in the hopes of pinpointing the star that exploded.

6  Follow the handle of the Big Dipper away from the dipper's bowl, until you get to the handle's last bright star. Then, just slide your telescope a little south and west and you'll likely find Whirlpool galaxy.the Big Dipperthe dipper'suntil you get tobright starsouth and west

7 The Hubble Space Telescope orbits 353 miles (569 km) above the surface of the Earth.

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9 The Hubble Space Telescope orbits 353 miles above the surface of the Earth. NASA’S Hubble Telescope took pictures of a supernova that is 169,000 light years away. Write this number in scientific notation. 169,000 = 1.69 x


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