INAO Problems and Solutions
India's national astronomy olympiad, run by HBCSE, from which the country's IOAA team is chosen. Here are the papers and solutions from 2009 to 2026, without 2013, 2021 and 2022; 2009 and 2010 had separate junior and senior papers.
2026
India
1 Galileo's Observations not published 2 Stars in Nashik not published 3 Approximating π not published 4 Blackbody Radiation not published 5 Observing the ISS not published 6 Planet's Orbit around a Binary Star not published
2025
India
1 Solar Telescope not published 2 Exoplanet Detection not published 3 Venus Phases not published 4 Star-Planet-Moon System not published 5 HR Diagram not published 6 Doppler Shifts not published 7 Solar Sail not published 8 Light Isodelay Surface not published 9 Telluric Phases not published 10 Sun at Horizon not published 11 Spinning White Dwarf not published 12 Redshift of Sirius B not published
2024
India
1 Celestial Observations not published 2 Binary Planets not published 3 Liquid Transfer Equilibrium not published 4 Telescope Alignment not published 5 Celestial Coordinates not published
2023
India
1 Hohmann Transfer Orbit not published 2 Binary Star Resolution not published 3 Thermal Equilibrium Box not published 4 Asteroid Belt Collision not published 5 Earth-Mars Orbital Motion not published 6 Lunar North Pole not published
2020
India
1 Mars Rise Time not published 2 Rapunzel Hair Growth not published 3 Circle Perimeter Grid not published 4 Stellar Triangle System not published 5 Cannonball Orbit not published 6 Pulsar Properties not published 7 Moon Crescent Image not published
2019
India
1 Moon Phases not published 2 Solar System Configurations not published 3 Light Reduction Lens not published 4 Star Constellation not published 5 Earth Map Projections not published 6 Heated Wire Cooling not published 7 Tidal Height Modeling not published
2018
India
1 Sun Angular Difference not published 2 Bus Solar Power not published 3 Kepler-13Ab Orbit not published 4 Infinity Corridor not published 5 Moon Rise Time not published 6 Planets Observation not published 7 Binary Star Orbit not published 8 Telescope Mirror Segments not published
2017
India
1 Astronomical Phenomena not published 2 Shadow Geometry not published 3 Supernova Flux not published 4 Bus Station Schedule not published 5 Alternate Refraction Laws not published 6 Probability Problems not published 7 Balloon Expansion not published
2016
India
1 Constellation Identification not published 2 Neptune Methane Energy not published 3 Math Patterns not published 4 Boat River Signboard not published 5 Triple Lens System not published 6 Meter Stick Shadow not published 7 Doppler Whistle Rotation not published 8 Ball Container Acoustics not published 9 Stellar Magnitude Device not published
2015
India
1 Wheat Food Staple not published 2 Object Categories not published 3 Satellite Orbital Periods not published 4 True/False Statements not published 5 Ants Shortest Path not published 6 Light Ray Mirrors not published 7 Proton Beam Magnetic not published 8 Geostationary Satellites not published 9 Exoplanet Catalogue not published
2014
India
1 Moon Landing not published 2 Comet Distance not published 3 Aircraft Speed not published 4 Skymap Markings not published 5 Gliese-876 Planet not published 6 Lens Mirror Overlap not published 7 Chandrayaan Gold Wire not published 8 Voyager Unknown Object not published
2012
India
2011
India
2010
India
2009
India
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