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Explore the Solar System through the latest space imagery and take a grand tour around our neighbours in space with DK Eyewitness Planets. From Mercury to Neptune and beyond, get an eyewitness view of the rocky planets, gas giants, dwarf planets, asteroids, comets and other bodies that make up our S...

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Main Authors: Stott, Carole (Author)
Published: Dorling Kindersley Limited,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: DK eyewitness books.
Subjects:
Planets.
Astronomy.
Planets > Juvenile literature.
Astronomy > Juvenile literature.
Solar system.
Solar system > Juvenile literature.
Summary: Explore the Solar System through the latest space imagery and take a grand tour around our neighbours in space with DK Eyewitness Planets. From Mercury to Neptune and beyond, get an eyewitness view of the rocky planets, gas giants, dwarf planets, asteroids, comets and other bodies that make up our Solar System. Discover the secrets of space, examine the latest space exploration equipment, and learn about the scientists behind discoveries ancient and new. DK Eyewitness Planets also includes a giant fold-out wall chart full of facts, perfect for bedrooms or classrooms. Using the most up-to-date images from NASA and ESA taken by probes such as New Horizons, Eyewitness Planets takes you as close as you can get to the other worlds of our Solar System.
Item Description: "Explore Earth's neighbours in space--from the rocky inner planets to the distant giants"--Cover.
Includes index.
Carrier Form: 72 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits ; 28 cm + 1 pullout poster.
ISBN: 9780241288085
0241288088
CLC: P134
Call Number: P134/S888
Contents: Planet Earth and its neighbours -- 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 dwarf planets -- Comets -- Exoplanets -- Did you know? -- Solar system facts -- Timeline.

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