Dust in the Galactic Environment (Graduate Series in Astronomy)
Publisher: Inst of Physics Pub Inc
Published: April 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780750306232
Subjects: Galaxies; Interstellar Medium; Science; Science/Mathematics; Cosmology; Astrophysics & Space Science
First sentence: Interstellar space is, by terrestrial standards, a near-perfect vacuum: the average particle density in the solar neighbourhood of our Galaxy is approximatelv 106 -3 (one atom per cubic centimetre), a factor of about 1019 less than in the terrestrial atmosphere at sea level.