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Jayendra Upadhye

India

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Expertise

1 - General questions on most astronomy topics such as:- Solar system, Cosmology, Black holes, Quasars, Dark matter etc. 2 - General questions about the geologies of planets. 3 - General questions about Orbits and laws governing them. 4 - General questions about rockets / spaceships 5 - General questions about stellar interiors and supernovas.

Experience in the area

I was an askme.com expert rated no#1 for quite some time - and was top ten there by the time it closed - in Astronomy and general science categories.

Education/Credentials

Bachelor of Engg. (Electrical engg), Maharaja Sayajirao university of Baroda, Gujarat, India.

Awards and Honors

None to write about except the askme rating if it is any worth!

What do you like about this subject?

The sheer Grandeur and scale of it. Also it helps us to know "who we are", "what made us as we are", and literally "where are we going"? There is a metaphysical aspect to these questions too!

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

All that I do not know yet ofcourse! I rather like acquiring knowledge for the sake of it..achievements follow in due course!

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

People say the universe is holographic. If by that one is to understand it as "a tree is contained in its seed", then as a hindu would say..the universe is contained inside us..if only we could see!!

Something controversial or provocative about this subject

Some day the scientists are going to get the shock of their lives when they begin to see more and more similarities in the physical and meta-physical scheme of things..as they burrow deeper and deeper into the cosmic structure.

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Recent Reviews from Users

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shameem	10/31/09	10	10	10	10
gary	09/25/09	9	3	10	10
George	08/28/09	10	10	10	10
Luis	08/24/09	10	10	10	10
Jonathan	08/17/09	10	10	10	10

Recent Answers from Jayendra Upadhye

2009-09-25 Hubble telescope and its findings:

Hi, Yes and No. Yes because in a "day to day" sense, hubble and us would see the events roughly 8 minutes after the actual conflagration had happened on the sun. No because strictly speaking, depending

2009-09-10 singularity:

Hi, Marc I thought I was unambiguous. Black holes are just as dangerous as stars are to planets that go too near. Conversely, when black holes in turn are consumed by galaxies (to put it your way, and

2009-09-10 singularity:

Hi Marc, The beauty of physics and maths is that we can break down the larger issues into the smaller ones. Then look at the soultions of the smaller ones and let those guide us. case 1:- ---------

2009-09-07 feeding black hole:

Hi, I really dont know why people are so misled on black holes. Take the elementary case of a planet orbiting a red giant star. The giant one day suddenly goes supernova. leaving behind a black hole

2009-09-02 Sun and Earth:

Hi, Opposing poles attract! There may be truth in that, but if I were to say "So what!! That has been happening for the past 4.5 billion years, every 11 years!!", then I too would not be wrong. The

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