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  • Mars

    Adele D. Richardson

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2005)
    Discusses the orbit, atmosphere, surface features, and exploration of the planet Mars.
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  • The Sun

    Gemma McMullen

    Hardcover (Booklife, Dec. 1, 2016)
    This series explores the four key elements of our Solar System: The Sun, The Moon, The Planets and The Stars. With each title including fascinating facts and photographic images, young readers will enjoy what lies in the darkness beyond.
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  • Asteroids, Meteorites, and Comets

    Linda T Elkins-Tanton

    Hardcover (Facts on File, Aug. 1, 2010)
    Discusses the solar system bodies that are not one of the nine planets or their moons, including asteroids in the main asteroid belt as well as throughout the rest of the solar system, comets from both the Kuiper belt and from the much more distant Oort cloud, and the interplanetary dust left in their wakes. Also discussed are the discoveries of various asteroids, the nature of meteorites and impact craters, the orbits, sizes, and compositions of asteroids, along with the correlations scientists have made between meteorite classes and asteroids.

  • Space Probes

    Stephen John Kortenkamp

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2007)
    Did you know that space probes have been to every planet in our solar system? Or that probes are sent to explore asteroids and comets? Discover space probes and how they help us explore our solar system.
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  • Moon

    Lynda Sorensen

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, June 1, 1993)
    Photographs and text present information about the surface, orbit, and phases of the moon, its effect on the Earth's tides and lunar exploration
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  • The Earth and the Moon

    Linda Elkins-Tanton

    Hardcover (Chelsea House Pub, April 1, 2006)
    Explores the relationship between the sun and its orbiters, including the planets, asteroids, meteorites, and comets, and introduces the various space missions that helped the scientific community gain a more thorough understanding of the solar system.

  • Comets and Meteors

    Lynda Sorensen

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, June 1, 1993)
    Describes the nature and movements of comets and meteors and examines what happens to meteors after they hit the Earth
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  • The Sun, Mercury and Venus

    Linda Elkins-Tanton

    Hardcover (Chelsea House Pub, April 1, 2006)
    Explores the relationship between the sun and its orbiters, including the planets, asteroids, meteorites, and comets, and introduces the various space missions that helped the scientific community gain a more thorough understanding of the solar system.

  • Neptune

    Ralph Winrich

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2007)
    Did you know that poisonous methane gases make Neptune look blue? Or that Neptune may have the fastest winds of any planet? Look inside to learn more about this cold, distant planet and its place in the solar system.
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  • Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the Outer Solar System

    Linda T Elkins-Tanton

    Hardcover (Facts on File, Nov. 1, 2010)
    Unlike all the planets closer to the Sun, known since antiquity, the farthest reaches are the discoveries of the modern world. Uranus was discovered in 1781, Neptune in 1846, Pluto in 1930, the Kuiper belt group of objects in 1992, and though the Oort cloud has been theorized since 1950, its first member was found in 2004. The discovery of the outer planets made such an impression on the minds of mankind that they were immortalized in the names of the newly discovered elements: uranium, neptunium, and plutonium, an astonishingly deadly constituent of atomic bombs. Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the Outer Solar System, Revised Edition enters the farthest reaches of the solar system, including the distant gas planets Uranus and Neptune as well as the regions of asteroids and comets known as the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud. Updated with new research and scientific findings, this full-color resource investigates theories about their formation and evolution.

  • Mars

    Robin Birch

    Library Binding (Chelsea Clubhouse, March 1, 2008)
    Mars is known as the red planet because of the red-brown color of the rocks that are found on it. The easy-to-read text and colorful photographs take readers on a journey to discover water, ice, and cloud formations on Mars.
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  • Pluto

    Ralph Winrich

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2005)
    Discusses the orbit, atmosphere, surface features, and exploration of the planet Pluto.
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