Indian Astronomers and Their Role in Galaxy Distance Measurements: A Quiz
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Which Indian astronomer played a significant role in developing the Tully-Fisher relation, a method for estimating the distance to galaxies?
What is the name of the Indian satellite that was launched in 2017 to study X-ray sources in the universe, including active galactic nuclei?
Which Indian astronomer was the first to propose the idea of using gravitational lensing to measure the distance to galaxies?
What is the name of the Indian astronomer who developed the Baade-Wesselink method for measuring the distance to Cepheid variable stars?
Which Indian astronomer played a key role in the discovery of the Great Attractor, a massive concentration of matter in the universe that is pulling nearby galaxies towards it?
What is the name of the Indian astronomer who developed the Karmarkar method for solving linear programming problems, which has applications in astronomy?
Which Indian astronomer was the first to propose the idea of using supernovae as standard candles to measure the distance to galaxies?
What is the name of the Indian astronomer who developed the method of using the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect to measure the distance to galaxy clusters?
Which Indian astronomer played a key role in the development of the Lambda-CDM model of the universe, which is the standard model of cosmology?
What is the name of the Indian astronomer who developed the method of using gravitational waves to measure the distance to galaxies?
Which Indian astronomer was the first to propose the idea of using microlensing to measure the distance to stars and galaxies?
What is the name of the Indian astronomer who developed the method of using the redshift of galaxies to measure their distance?
Which Indian astronomer played a key role in the development of the theory of cosmic inflation, which explains the early rapid expansion of the universe?
What is the name of the Indian astronomer who developed the method of using the cosmic microwave background radiation to measure the distance to the edge of the observable universe?
Which Indian astronomer played a key role in the discovery of the first extrasolar planet, which orbits a star other than the Sun?