Solar system : a visual exploration of the planets, moons, and other heavenly bodies that orbit our sun

Summary: Beginning with a fascinating overview and then organized by planet, in order of its distance from the sun, "Solar System" takes us on a trip across time and space that includes a front-row seat to the explosive birth of the solar system, a journey to (and then deep inside) each of its eight planets, and even an in-depth exploration of asteroids and comets.

Record details

ISBN: 9781579128852 (hc.)
ISBN: 1579128858 (hc.)
Physical Description: print
224 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Publisher: New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Pub., c2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Published in partnership with Touch Press, creators of The elements and Solar system for iPad; Faber and Faber; and Planetary Visions.

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The Data Explained -- Solar System Map -- Solar System -- The Inner Solar System Map -- Sun -- Mercury -- Venus -- Earth -- The Moon -- Mars -- Phobos -- Deimos -- Asteroid Belt Map -- Ceres -- Eros -- Gaspra -- Ida -- Itokawa -- The Outer Solar System Map -- Jupiter -- Io -- Europa -- Ganymede -- Callisto -- Jupiter's Other Moons -- Saturn -- Saturn's Rings -- Titan -- Enceladus -- Iapetus -- Mimas -- Hyperion -- Saturn's Moons -- Uranus -- Miranda -- Uranus's Moons -- Neptune -- Triton -- Kuiper Belt Map -- Kuiper Belt -- Pluto -- Eris -- Makemake -- Haumea -- Oort Cloud -- Comets.