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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2011.Description: 246 p. : col. ill., maps ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 1426206518 : HRD
  • 9781426206511
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 523 22
LOC classification:
  • QB65 .G66 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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