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"Readers will want to grab a telescope and explore the night skies after finishing this overview of our solar system. Our solar system consists of eight planets, as well as numerous moons, comets, asteroids, and meteoroids. For thousands of years, humans believed that Earth was at the center of...
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Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"Readers will want to grab a telescope and explore the night skies after finishing this overview of our solar system. Our solar system consists of eight planets, as well as numerous moons, comets, asteroids, and meteoroids. For thousands of years, humans believed that Earth was at the center of the Universe, but all of that changed in the 17th century. Astronomers like Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, and Isaac Newton proposed the unthinkable theory that Earth and the other planets actually revolved around the Sun. This engaging book chronicles the beginning of the mode |
| Carrier Form: | 106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| Audience: | Ages 8-12. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 106). |
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9780515158205 (hardback) : 0515158208 (hardback) 9780515158182 (paperback) 0515158186 (paperback) 9781536431797 1536431796 |
| Index Number: | QB46 |
| CLC: | P18-49 |
| Call Number: | P18-49/S117 |
| Contents: | Where is our solar system? -- Sky watching -- A shocking idea -- A tour of the sun and stars -- The inner planets -- The outer planets -- Return to earth -- Beyond our solar system -- The space race -- Life in space -- Life beyond our solar system? -- The future -- Timelines. |