Sizing up the universe : the cosmos in perspective / J. Richard Gott III, Robert J. Vanderbei.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : National GeographicCopyright date: ©2011Description: 246 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • General
ISBN:
  • 9781426206511 (hardcover)
  • 1426206518 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 523 22
  • 523 14
LOC classification:
  • QB65 .G68 2011
Contents:
Apparent sizes -- Mapping the sky -- Distances -- Map of the universe -- Sizes in the solar system -- To infinity and beyond.
Summary: Using space photographs and scaled maps, demonstrates the actual size of objects in the cosmos, from Buzz Aldrin's historic footprint on the Moon to the entire visible universe, with a gatefold of the Gott-Juric Map of the Universe.
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Includes index.

Apparent sizes -- Mapping the sky -- Distances -- Map of the universe -- Sizes in the solar system -- To infinity and beyond.

Using space photographs and scaled maps, demonstrates the actual size of objects in the cosmos, from Buzz Aldrin's historic footprint on the Moon to the entire visible universe, with a gatefold of the Gott-Juric Map of the Universe.

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