AQA A-level PHYSICS 7408/3BA Paper 3 Section B Astrophysics Version: 1.0 Final *JUN2374083ba01* IB/M/Jun23/E9 7408/3BA
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AQA A LEVEL
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AQA A LEVEL
AQA
A-level
PHYSICS
7408/3BA
Paper 3 Section B Astrophysics
Version: 1.0 Final
*JUN2374083ba01*
IB/M/Jun23/E9 7408/3BA
For Examiner’s Use
Question Mark
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TOTAL
Thursday 15 June 2023 Morning
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• a pencil and a ruler
• a scientif...
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A-level
PHYSICS
Paper 3
Section B Astrophysics
Thursday 15 June 2023 Morning Time allowed: The total time for
both sections of this paper is
Materials
For this paper you must have: 2 hours. You are advised to
• a pencil and a ruler spend approximately
• a scientific calculator
• a Data and Formulae Booklet
50 minutes on this section.
• a protractor.
For Examiner’s Use
Instructions
Question Mark
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 1
• Answer all questions. 2
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write 3
outside the box around each page or on blank pages.
4
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 5
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want TOTAL
to be marked.
• Show all your working.
Information
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 35.
• You are expected to use a scientific calculator where appropriate.
• A Data and Formulae Booklet is provided as a loose insert.
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Section B box
Answer all questions in this section.
0 1 . 1 Draw a labelled diagram to define the parsec (pc).
[1 mark]
Table 1 shows data for two stars: Rigel and the Sun.
Table 1
Star Surface temperature / K Absolute magnitude Mass / kg
Rigel 12 000 −7.84 3.6 × 1031
Sun 5700 4.83 2.0 × 1030
0 1 . 2 State the spectral class of Rigel.
[1 mark]
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0 1 . 3 The apparent magnitude of Rigel is 0.11 box
Calculate, in pc, the distance from Rigel to the Earth.
[2 marks]
distance = pc
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