Sun and Earth in Scale

Spitzer_sig07-012_1024

spitzer_sig07-012 July 13th, 2007

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC)

This illustration shows the relative sizes of the Sun and the Earth by placing them impossibly close together.

Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope

Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/2629-sig07-012-Sun-and-Earth-in-Scale

Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA

Image Use Policy: Public Domain

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Image Type
Artwork
Object Name
Sun Earth
Subject - Solar System
Planet > Type > Terrestrial
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Main Sequence
Star > Spectral Type > G
Spitzer_sig07-012_1280
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ID
sig07-012
Subject Category
A.1.1.1.   A.3.1.3.   A.3.3.5.  
Subject Name
Sun, Earth
Credits
NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC)
Release Date
2007-07-13
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/2629-sig07-012-Sun-and-Earth-in-Scale
Type
Artwork
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
Spitzer Space Telescope
URL
http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
1200 E. California Blvd.
City
Pasadena
State/Province
CA
Postal Code
91125
Country
USA
Rights
Public Domain
Publisher
Spitzer Science Center
Publisher ID
spitzer
Resource ID
sig07-012.tif
Metadata Date
2011-09-06
Metadata Version
1.1
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