Peterson First Guide to the Solar System (Peterson First Guides)

Peterson First Guide to the Solar System (Peterson First Guides)

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Book Description
Budding astronomers--backyard or armchair--will learn not only where to look for the planets in the nighttime sky but also how space missions to the planets and their moons have increased our understanding of Earth, its atmosphere, and the moon. More than 100 spectacular color photographs, including views from the Hubble Space Telescope of Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, as well as the latest Voyager photographs of Neptune. The latest scientific information on other solar systems and extraterrestrial life, charts showing where to find the planets in the night sky, and much more. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Card catalog description
A basic field guide for beginning observers of the solar system, introducing information on the locations and characteristics of the planets, sun, comets, meteors, and other objects in our solar system.

Peterson First Guide to the Solar System (Peterson First Guides),Jay M. Pasachoff,Houghton Mifflin (P),0395524512,Amateurs' manuals,Astronomy,Astronomy - Star Guides,Juvenile Science (General),Juvenile literature,Nature / Field Guide Books,Nature/Ecology,Solar system,Star Observation

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