From the bright, burning sun to the icy Kuiper Belt, Our Solar System is a reference guide packed with fascinating facts about the terrestrial planets, gas giants, and dwarf planets, plus other orbiting astronomical bodies, such as satellites and asteroids, and mysterious bodies, like comets and clouds. This guide features profiles of astronomical bodies, covering size, distance from the sun, the length of each year, and more, with real, vibrant photos of our very special solar system. It also includes a detailed look at the smaller bodies in our solar system such as dwarf planets, satellites, asteroids, and the objects in the Kuiper Belt and the Oort cloud. The universe is huge. With more than 100 billion galaxies and billions of orbiting astronomical bodies, there’s so much to learn. Rocket through the cosmos and discover everything there is to know about our exciting and mysterious solar system! 182 pages, softcover. Ages 8 to 12.
