Explore the Solar System with this bumper book. With informative diagrams and NASA photography, the up-to-date text informs children about basic astronomy. Each planet, star or space object is looked at in detail, as are developments in space technology, discoveries and astronomers. It includes: activities to aid understanding about complex ideas; up-to-date text and photography; and, clear, modern design.

 

This book is part of a book series called Solar System .

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by QED Publishing .

ROSALIND MIST began her career as a rocket scientist before progressing to writing science realted children books. When not writing or working for a scientific society, she can be found encouraging her bees to make honey. She lives in Surrey with her husband and a small flock of bantam chickens.

This book has the following chapters: The Solar System p8 SUN AND MOON The Sun p12 Sunlight p14 Stormy Sun p16 Solar Eclipse p18 The Moon p20 On the Surface p22 Full Moon, Half Moon p24 Flying to the Moon p26 MERCURY AND VENUS Mercury p30 Hot and cold p32 A cratered world p34 Exploring the planets p36 Venus p38 Hot, hot, hot p40 Crossing the sun p42 Volcanoes p44 EARTH AND MARS Planet Earth p48 Inside the Earth p50 Day and night p52 The seasons p54 Mars, the red planet p56 On Mars p58 Stormy planet p60 Exploring Mars p62 JUPITER AND SATURN Jupiter p66 Jupiter's moons p68 Cloudy planets p70 Stormy weather p72 Saturn p74 Saturn's rings p76 Cassini-Huygens p78 Titan p80 URANUS AND NEPTUNE Uranus p84 Discovery p86 Voyager missions p88 Neptune p90 Rings and moons p92 The dwarf planets p94 Pluto p96 Eris and Ceres p98 ASTEROIDS, COMETS AND METEORS Asteroids p102 The Asteroid Belt p104 Comets p106 Famous comets p108 Exploration p110 Meteors p112 Meteor showers p114 Meteorites p116 Glossary p118 Index p121 Notes for parents and teachers p124