Annika Peterson

174 reputation

I'm an amateur astrophysicist who is studying at Carnegie Mellon University.

	174 reputation	bio	website		visits	member for	1 year, 11 months
27 badges		location	Santa Clarita, CA		seen	Feb 24 at 14:43

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Apr 16	awarded	Popular Question
Apr 12	awarded	Notable Question
Dec 17	awarded	Notable Question
Nov 26	awarded	Popular Question
Aug 31	awarded	Popular Question
May 4	awarded	Teacher
May 4	awarded	Student
May 4	awarded	Scholar
Jul 23	accepted	Why did the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter form as it did?
Jul 22	comment	Why did the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter form as it did? Then why don't the asteroids get pulled into Jupiter's orbit?
Jul 22	asked	Why did the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter form as it did?
Jun 27	comment	What is the simplest way to prove the Earth is round? I just find that sometimes when you are going for "simplest way", you have to tailor it to the audience. Some audience members aren't going to understand the math or the academic approach and a different way to show them is necessary.
Jun 27	answered	What is the simplest way to prove the Earth is round?
Jun 26	awarded	Autobiographer
Jun 24	accepted	What is the official difference between a planet and a dwarf planet?
Jun 24	asked	What is the official difference between a planet and a dwarf planet?
Jun 23	accepted	What happens to light and mass in the center of a black hole?
Jun 22	asked	What happens to light and mass in the center of a black hole?
Jun 22	accepted	How exactly does time slow down near a black hole?
Jun 22	asked	How exactly does time slow down near a black hole?