Publisher: Penguin

Copyright Date: 2017

Edition Date: 2017 Release Date: 05/30/17

Pages: 79 pages

ISBN: 0-451-47685-9

ISBN 13: 978-0-451-47685-2

Dewey: 523.2

LCCN: 2016055396

Dimensions: 24 x 28 cm.

Subject Heading:
Planets. Juvenile literature.
Outer planets. Satellites. Juvenile literature.
Planets.
Outer planets. Satellites.
Solar system. Juvenile literature.
Solar system.

Language: English

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National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Science Trade

Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 78) and index.

Word Count: 12,704

Reading Level: 7.2

Interest Level: 4-7

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 7.2 / points: 2.0 / quiz: 190031 / grade: Middle Grades

Lexile: 1070L

Travel the near and far reaches of the solar system in this lively, beautifully illustrated Smithsonian nonfiction book!

Ready for a wondrous celestial journey? How about a trip to our close neighbor Mars, home to the largest volcano in the solar system? Or to Europa, a watery lunar world with a really deep ocean? Or beyond the beyond to mysterious Planet 9, an unseen giant lurking in the far outer regions of space?

This extraordinary book puts you right there: breaking through colorful gaseous hazes; exploring the surface of red-hot or ice-cold planets; hurtling through rings of flying, frozen ice chunks; and rocketing on out to deep space. Astronomer David Aguilar is our navigator on these seven wonderful trips through our solar system—journeys that someday may actually happen!
 
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