Solar System Voyage

In the last few decades, the exploration of our solar system has revealed fascinating details about the worlds that lie beyond our Earth. This lavishly illustrated book invites the reader on a journey through the solar system. It starts by locating our planetary system in the Universe, then describes the Sun and its planets, the large satellites, asteroids and comets. With photographs and information from the latest space missions, the reader will discover the lunar plains scarred by asteroid impacts, the frozen deserts of Mars and Europa, the continuously erupting volcanoes of Io and the giant geysers of Triton; he will cross the rings of Saturn, plunge into the clouds of Venus and Titan, and survive the spectacular crash of the comet Shoemaker-Levy into Jupiter, to emerge with a greater appreciation of the hospitable planet we call home.

ISBN:	9780521807241
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Imprint:	Cambridge University Press
Published date:	17 Oct 2002
DEWEY:	523.2
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	248
Weight:	2355g
Height:	263mm
Width:	365mm
Spine width:	30mm

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