What would it be like to walk on a Martian plain? Watch wild volcanoes on Jupiter? All it takes to find out is a touch of imagination and this entertaining guide to the solar system, illustrated with NASA's most up-to-date color photos. So get ready to blast off, and fly through the skies from Mercury to Pluto, stopping to visit planets, asteroids, and moons along the way. Feel Venus's intense pressure and heat, thanks to a thick blanket of carbon dioxide. Alight on Saturn and gaze at its beautiful and mysterious rings. See greenish-blue Uranus, which takes 84 Earth-years to travel round the sun. There's lots of fun information, related in a simple, appealing style kids will easily understand and enjoy.
- ISBN10 1402726287
- ISBN13 9781402726286
- Publish Date 1 April 2008 (first published 1 September 1994)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 23 June 2014
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Sterling Publishing Co Inc
- Imprint Sterling
- Format Paperback
- Pages 96
- Language English