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223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
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English
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Aimed at the popular audience by experienced astronomy author Patricia and highlighted by 160 photographs, diagrams and maps, this guide explores every corner of Earth's planetary neighborhood, from the fiery sun at its center to the dark, icy realm where interstellar space begins. It's a state-of-the-art observation of the solar system as we know it today and a knowledgeable forecast of what to expect in the future, from Pluto's demotion to plutoid...
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160 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
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Otherworlds is a record of humanity's planetary exploration and a tribute to the stunning beauty of our solar system in spectacular high-resolution landscape images, processed by Michael Benson to capture how the planets would look if we could visit them and see them with our own eyes. We start in low Earth orbit and then move on to the Moon and our planetary neighbors, Mars and Venus. We then explore Mercury and the Sun before traveling to the gas...
4) In space
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12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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"Young readers will love to peek through the pages of this busy book to discover fun facts about space!" -- page 4 of cover
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