Planets

Book 2023

"Journey through space into the farthest reaches of our Solar System. Guided by astronauts and expert space engineers, learn all about the planets, how they formed, and how scientists study them."-- Page 4 of cover.

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Astronomy Juvenile literature

Planets Juvenile literature

Solar system Juvenile literature

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ISBN:

9780744079944
9780744079937
0744079934

Edition:

Revised edition
This American edition

Description:

72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm

Other Title:

Eyewitness planets
DK eyewitness planets

Notes:

Includes index

Contents:

Planet Earth and its neighbors
What is a planet?
Changing worlds
Skywatching
Space age exploration
The sun
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Water world
Living planet
The moon
Exploring the moon
Mars
The Red Planet
Roving on Mars
Asteroids
Jupiter
Jupiter's moons
Saturn
Saturn's rings
Saturn's moons
Visiting the giants
The outer solar system
Uranus
Neptune
The outer dwarfs
Comets
Exoplanets
Did you know? Solar system facts
Timeline
Glossary

Control Number:

3282071

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