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Science -- Astronomy -- Cosmogony. Cosmology -- Special topics, A-Z -- Cosmological distances

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Flight to Mars

Created by David P. Stern, this set of three web pages provides a calculation of paths, times, and distances for a flight to Mars and back. The author uses a Hohmann transfer ellipse between two circular orbits. This is...

http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Smars1.htm

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Parallax

This web page, authored and curated by David P. Stern, outlines the math and applications of parallax. Parallax is the shift in the apparent direction to an object when it is viewed from two separated locations. It...

http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Sparalax.htm

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