The Planets: A Journey Through the Solar System

The Planets: A Journey Through the Solar System
by Giles Sparrow

The Planets: A Journey Through the Solar System
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Author: Giles Sparrow
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-01-01
ISBN: 1906719063
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Quercus

Summary of The Planets: A Journey Through the Solar System

Within the last 40 years, the contents of our solar system have been slowly revealed by a fleet of satellites and interplanetary probes, from Cassini to the Hubble Space Telescope to the recent Mars Exploration Rovers. Moving out from the Sun, every planet and moon is visited in this comprehensive survey that follows the tracks of robotic rovers over Mars, plunges through Titan?s atmosphere on the back of the Huygens probe, inspects a comet, and discovers the frozen planets that lurk beyond the orbit of Neptune, a full light year from Earth. The breathtaking images of dozens of celestial bodies are accompanied by fascinating captions and informative diagrams, completing this stunning compilation.

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