Solar system : a visual exploration of the planets, moons, and other heavenly bodies that orbit our sun / written by Marcus Chown.

By: Chown, Marcus [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, [2016]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 224 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780316268059; 0316268054Subject(s): Solar system | Solar system -- Pictorial works | Planets | Satellites | Planets | Satellites | Solar system | Planets -- | Solar system | Solar system. -- Pictorial worksGenre/Form: Pictorial works.DDC classification: 523.2 LOC classification: QB602 | .C46 2016Other classification: SCI004000
Contents:
The Data Explained -- Solar System Map -- Solar System -- The Inner Solar System Map -- Sun -- Mercury -- Venus -- Earth -- The Moon -- Mars -- Phobos -- Deimos -- Asteroid Belt Map -- Ceres -- Eros -- Gaspra -- Ida -- Itokawa -- The Outer Solar System Map -- Jupiter -- Io -- Europa -- Ganymede -- Callisto -- Jupiter's Other Moons -- Saturn -- Saturn's Rings -- Titan -- Enceladus -- Iapetus -- Mimas -- Hyperion -- Saturn's Moons -- Uranus -- Miranda -- Uranus's Moons -- Neptune -- Triton -- Kuiper Belt Map -- Kuiper Belt -- Pluto -- Eris -- Makemake -- Haumea -- Oort Cloud -- Comets.
Summary: Beginning with a fascinating overview and then organized by planet, in order of its distance from the sun, "Solar System" takes us on a trip across time and space that includes a front-row seat to the explosive birth of the solar system, a journey to (and then deep inside) each of its eight planets, and even an in-depth exploration of asteroids and comets.
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Includes index.

"Published in partnership with Touch Press, creators of The elements, and Solar system for iPad; Faber and Faber; and Planetary Visions."

Derived from the ebook Solar System for iPad.

Beginning with a fascinating overview and then organized by planet, in order of its distance from the sun, "Solar System" takes us on a trip across time and space that includes a front-row seat to the explosive birth of the solar system, a journey to (and then deep inside) each of its eight planets, and even an in-depth exploration of asteroids and comets.

The Data Explained -- Solar System Map -- Solar System -- The Inner Solar System Map -- Sun -- Mercury -- Venus -- Earth -- The Moon -- Mars -- Phobos -- Deimos -- Asteroid Belt Map -- Ceres -- Eros -- Gaspra -- Ida -- Itokawa -- The Outer Solar System Map -- Jupiter -- Io -- Europa -- Ganymede -- Callisto -- Jupiter's Other Moons -- Saturn -- Saturn's Rings -- Titan -- Enceladus -- Iapetus -- Mimas -- Hyperion -- Saturn's Moons -- Uranus -- Miranda -- Uranus's Moons -- Neptune -- Triton -- Kuiper Belt Map -- Kuiper Belt -- Pluto -- Eris -- Makemake -- Haumea -- Oort Cloud -- Comets.

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