The Solar System in 200 Pages

 

Science and Technology/ all ages over 13 / 2020-05-28/

208p/ 250*160/ Hardcover

Science and Technology

Young Adult

28-May-20

208p / 250*160 / Hardcover

ISBN 9791197020001

Sero publishing co.

 

 

This is a 200-page Solar System model that realistically represents the planet size and interplanetary distance. This must-read book on space summarizes the latest knowledge on the Solar System.

 

[summary]

When we think about the Solar System, we often visualize Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune lined up, orbiting the Sun. However, this is not a true representation of the actual Solar System! Instead, it is an image of a model that has been seriously distorted as the planets had to be crammed into a limited space. The actual Solar System is inconceivably vast and void. This book, The Solar System in 200 Pages, uses the physical feature of a book to represent the Solar System in its truest form. Each and every page of the book represents the space in which the Sun and the planets exist. The pages also function as a measure to illustrate the distance between the Sun and the planets. The distance is scaled to 1: 100 billion, making each 50 cm wide page a representation of 50 million km in the Solar System. With every page the reader flips, they travel 50 million km.

Meanwhile, the scale of the Sun and planets are reduced to a billionth of their actual size. This is a compromise to make the Sun and the planets visible, since they would become indistinguishably small if reduced by 100 billion. (On the other hand, should the distance be reduced by 1 billion, we would need a 20,000-page book instead of a 200-page book.) "A Guide for a Trip in the Solar System" on pages 12 and 13 further elaborates on the scale and composition of the book.

Despite the distortion of size and distance, the image of the Solar System represented in this book is quite different from what we have been exposed to. Flip through a page, feel the void in the Solar System, reflect on the grain-sized Earth, and appreciate it with your eyes and heart.

 

[Table of Contents]

■ The Solar System: Model and Reality 005

■ A Guide for a Trip in the Solar System 012

Sun 014 / Mercury 025 / Venus 028 / Earth 029 / Mars 032 / Asteroid Belt 042 / Travelling through the Asteroid Belt in a Spaceship 045 / Boundaries and Faults 046 / Jupiter 056 / Could Jupiter Have Been a Star? 058 / Moons of Jupiter 060 / Rings of Jupiter 064 / The Greeks and Trojans 066 / Saturn 080 / Rings of Saturn 084 / Titan, an Earth-Like Moon 086 / Interplanetary Probes 088 / Minimum Velocity for a Trip through the Solar System 090 / Meteorites 094 / How Did Voyager Leave the Solar System? 096 / The Principle of Swing-by 098 / Swing-by using a Planet 100 / Planetary Grand Tour 106 / Voyager’s Voyage 108 / Uranus 138 / Planet Rotating on Its Side 140 / Hot Ice 144 / Frost Line 146 / Fate of a Planet Divided by the Frost Line 148 / Planetary Formation and Migration 150 / Comet 154 / From a Black Duck to a White Swan 156 / Bound by Gravity 158 / Secret of Orbit 160 / Orbital Resonance 162 / On Feeling Gravity 164 / Tidal Force 166 / Effects of Tidal Force 168 / How to Form a Sphere 170 / In and Out of a Planet 172 / Origin of Matter in the Solar System 174 / In Search of Extraterrestrial Life 177 / Pale Blue Dot 178 / Void 195 / Neptune 198 / Would You Travel Further? 204

 

[author]

Kim Hang Bae

Dr. Kim Hang Bae is a professor of physics at Hanyang University. He received a bachelor's degree in physics and a PhD in particle physics from Seoul National University. Kim researched at Lousanne University. Kim is a prolific author on topics such as particle physics phenomenology, cosmology, dark matter, and ultra-high energy cosmic rays. His research focuses on astroparticle physics and cosmology. His written work appeared in the monthly journal Science and Technology, and he lectured for public audiences at October Sky and Open Podium. Kim is the author of Space, Time, and Matter, which was Book of the Year 2017.

 

[media]

*Featured in a June 8, 2020 article titled, "The Solar System Models You Know Are False," which ranked the most read article of the day and was listed on South Korea's main internet portal Naver.

*Introduced by the Radio Book club by Kim Gyeowool on MBC Radio as a top ranking new release.

*Selected as an Editor's Pick by Aladdin Online Bookstore, with a book review titled "Making Sense of the Solar System" and published on the front page.

 

[bestseller]

#6 Science Book in June 2020 by Aladdin

#5 Science Book in July 2020 by Kyobo Books

Science Book of the Month in June 2020 by Aladdin

Book of the Month in July 2020 by Delightful Morning Read

 

[Recommendations]

The Solar System is captured in this volume. It is not a metaphor. As you read this book, flip through the pages, and look at the illustrations, you will pass through space, examine the planets, and enjoy a journey through the universe. This is an original book with solid contents discussing astronomy.

(Kim Sangwook, Associate Professor of Physics, Kyung Hee University)

 

There was an image of the Sun followed by Mercury, Venus, Earth and the other planets in a classroom at my grade school. My imagination grew from there. With those images in my heart, I traveled outer space for the past 50 years. The drifting stars that would spark my endless curiosity… Thanks to The Solar System in 200 Pages, I can approach the stars with more reality. Now with this guidebook in my heart, I will continue my space travel.

(Park Sangryul, Poet and Author of Young Adult Literature)

 

This book is a 200-page map of the Solar System that represents the planets’ actual size and distance to scale. Like the majority emptiness between the Sun and Neptune, the majority of the 50-meter map is left empty. Yet, this emptiness is rich with meaning. In the nooks and cranny of space are reports from probes and scientific research. Equipped with the map and reports from the explorers, there is nothing to fear in the exploration of the Solar System. (Kim Hyunmin, Physics teacher, Dasan High School)