70 Thousand Million Million Million Stars In Space Rockett by Rockett, Paul, Author, Ruffle, Mark, Illustrator instant download after payment.

32 pages : 28 cm, SPACE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. You can count numbers all around you, from the eight legs on a spider to the one nose on your face. But can you count the stars in the sky? Explore SPACE in THE BIG COUNTDOWN from galaxies and stars to the planets in our solar system, including Earth, and our own satelite, the Moon. The Big Countdown looks at popular topics and investigates the great many numbers that make them fascinating. From the mind-bogglingly large to smallest and most precious, this series helps us understand that it's not just our days that are numbered. Ages 9+, Includes index, Includes bibliographical references and index, Counting down the universe -- 70 thousand, million, million, million stars in space -- There are 500 billion galaxies in the universe -- The Milky Way is 13.2 billion years old -- Our solar system is 11 billion km wide -- 500 million people watched the first moon landing -- Are aliens living 57 million km away or next door? -- 15 million degrees Celsius at the centre of the sun -- 1642 death of Galileo Galilei -- 75-76 years for an appearance of Halley's Comet -- 27 moons of Uranus -- 24 hours for earth to rotate -- One year for the earth to orbit the sun -- Further information and large numbers