Outer Solar System: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and the Dwarf Planets
Outer Solar System: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and the Dwarf Planets
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Just the Series: Explorer's Guide To the Universe   

Series and Publisher: Explorer's Guide To the Universe   

Annotation: Presents an introduction to the solar system, focusing on the Sun and the four planets furthest from it, along with information about Pluto, the Kuiper Belt, asteroids, meteors, and comets.
 
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Catalog Number: #4216770
Format: Library Binding
Common Core/STEAM: STEAM STEAM Common Core Common Core
Copyright Date: 2010
Edition Date: 2010 Release Date: 01/01/10
Pages: 251 pages
ISBN: 1-615-30014-7
ISBN 13: 978-1-615-30014-3
Dewey: 523.2
LCCN: 2009036104
Dimensions: 24 cm.
Language: English
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School Library Journal (Thu Apr 28 00:00:00 CDT 2022)

GREGERSEN, Erik , ed. The Inner Solar System: The Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars . 245p. ISBN 978-1-61530-012-9 . LC 2009030575. GREGERSEN, Erik , ed. The Outer Solar System: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and the Dwarf Planets . 251p. appendix. ISBN 978-1-61530-014-3 . LC 2009036104. GREGERSEN, Erik , ed. The Universe: A Historical Survey of Beliefs, Theories, and Laws . 218p. ISBN 978-1-61530-026-6 . LC 2009040645. ea vol: (An Explorer's Guide to the Universe Series). charts. diags. photos. reprods. further reading. glossary. index. CIP. Britannica Educational . Apr. 2010. PLB $40. Gr 9 Up Designed for dedicated students of space science and adult general readers, these books recast articles from the Britannica Online database into linear narratives that treat their respective topics systematically and in advanced detail. Observations opens with a history of astronomical observation, then goes on to describe astronomers' techniques, celestial mechanics, types of telescopes and other instruments. A biographical section introduces approximately 75 astronomers, grouped by century, and a final chapter analyzes the impact of technology on the science and vice versa. Inner Solar System opens with a look back at the solar system's origins, then describes the Sun and each of the inner planets in turn, with separate chapters on Earth's Moon and on eclipses. Outer Solar System opens with lengthy chapters on asteroids and meteors, then describes each of the outer planets in turn, Pluto and the spaces beyond, and, finally, comets. The Universe is half a history of cosmology and half an expanded version with no duplicated entries of the biographical encyclopedia in Astronomical Observations . Strangely, the authors of these books are never identified, though they are clearly experts in their subjects. Illustrated with a stingy handful of uniformly drab and muddy black-and-white photos, but technically solid and capped with valuable multiple appendixes and resource lists, these surveys will be useful where there is demand for just-short-of-professional materials in the area, and online versions are not available. John Peters, New York Public Library

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Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reading Level: 10.0
Interest Level: 9-12

The sun's warmthwhile enjoyed by the inner planetsloses its strength in the outer solar system, as does our knowledge. The mysterious Jovian planets and dwarf planets, ultra-red matter, and short-period comets will fascinate readers endlessly. As NASAs New Horizon mission will tell us more about Pluto and the Kuiper Belt in 2015, this book lays the foundation in anticipation of our impending new truths. The narrative is supported by gorgeous photographs and fascinating sidebars.


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