Bibliograph

Planets, written by Carole Stott

Type

Label

Planets, written by Carole Stott

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Planets

Oclc number

988398609

Responsibility statement

written by Carole Stott

Series statement

DK eyewitness

Summary

Offers a detailed look at the heavenly bodies that make up the solar system, describing the eight planets that orbit the Sun, the moons, asteroids, and dwarf planets in the system, and the spacecrafts humans have created to explore the stars

Table Of Contents

Planet Earth and its neighbors -- What is a planet? -- Changing worlds -- Skywatching -- Space age exploration -- The Sun -- Mercury -- Venus -- Earth -- Water world -- Living planet -- The Moon -- Exploring the Moon -- Mars -- The red planet -- Roving on Mars -- Asteroids -- Jupiter -- Jupiter's moons -- Saturn -- Saturn's rings -- Saturn's moons -- Visiting the giants -- The outer solar system -- Uranus -- Neptune -- The dwarf planets -- Comets -- Exoplanets -- Did you know? -- Solar system facts -- Timeline

Target audience

juvenile

Classification