Screen LibraryMercury and Venus : the inner planets.
""Presents facts about the composition, atmosphere, and history of exploration of Mercury and Venus and features large illustrations and photographs."-Provided by publisher"--
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World Book,
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| Publisher Address: | Chicago, Illinois : |
| Publication Dates: | [2020] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Our solar system
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| Summary: |
""Presents facts about the composition, atmosphere, and history of exploration of Mercury and Venus and features large illustrations and photographs."-Provided by publisher"-- |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | 64 pages : color illustration ; 26 cm. |
| Audience: | Ages 9-13 |
| ISBN: |
9780716680604 0716680602 |
| Index Number: | QB611 |
| CLC: | P185-49 |
| Call Number: | P185-49/M556 |
| Contents: | Meet the inner planets -- Tiny Mercury -- Close to the sun -- Finding Mercury in the night sky -- Phases of Mercury -- Mercury and the sun -- Mercury and Earth -- An iron world -- Almost airless -- An uninviting place -- So many craters! -- Mercury's giant crater -- Exploring Mercury -- Venus : Earth's "twin" -- Second rock from the sun -- Finding Venus in the night sky -- The most dazzling planet -- Venus and the sun -- Venus and Earth -- Inside Venus -- A crushing atmosphere -- Venus is scorching hot! -- Runaway greenhouse effect -- Volcanoes everywhere! -- Active volcanoes on Venus? -- Continents on Venus -- Exploring Venus -- An unwelcoming world. |