H (trying to keep up with GR friends) Balikov's Reviews > Universe

There are so many books available about astronomy, the solar system and beyond. Why is this one worth your time?
• It is large format so you can easily see the details of the wonderful illustrations and graphic explanations
• It is by one of the best know combinations of knowledgeable people in the world
• It was published in 2020 so you are made aware of most recent discoveries

There are all kinds of details about planets (both in our solar system and otherwise), moons, stars and galaxies. For me, I was captivated by what I learned about:

Asteriods – Including that, with smaller asteroids, a big impact can actually shatter it, “but so much energy is used to do this that the resulting fragments cannot escape from the gravitational field, and they will all fall back to form an irregular ball of rubble.”

The Kuiper Belt - An explanation (with excellent illustrations) of its constituent parts.

The Oort Cloud - Of which we know quite little but it contains planetoids such as Sedna, which has a diameter of about 1000 miles. Some believe that it may suggest that there is a yet-to-be-discovered planet influencing Sedna’s orbit!

A thorough delight but better if taken in small bites.

Rating 4.5