| Description |
ix, 300 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Why a new solar system? -- Exploring the planets -- The sun -- Mercury: a hot, old world -- Venus: a hot, cloudy planet -- Earth: a watery, living world -- Mars: the red planet -- The asteroid belt -- Jupiter: the gas giant -- Saturn: the ringed planet -- Uranus: the blue, icy planet -- Neptune: an icy, cold world -- Trans-Neptunian objects -- Overview and the future. |
| Subject |
Solar system.
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Outer space.
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Astronomy.
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| ISBN |
9780643095755 |
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0643095756 |
| Standard No. |
BWX R7776355 |
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QBX a 09278814 |
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