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001 ocn899148490
003 OCoLC
005 20200112220225.0
008 141230s2014 okuab b 001 0 eng d
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100 1 $aSeldon, Philip.
245 14 $aThe smart guide to the solar system /$cby Philip Seldon.
246 30 $aSolar system
250 $aSecond edition.
264 1 $aNorman, OK :$bSmart Guide Publications, Inc.,$c[2014]
300 $ax, 320 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aSmarter still with Smart guides
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 306-312) and index.
505 0 $aPart one: Prologue. Our solar system ; From Aristotle to Newton ; From the Age of Enlightenment to the Space Age -- Part two: Terrestrial bodies. Mercury: speeding around the sun ; Venus: the runaway greenhouse ; Earth: the original Goldilocks planet ; The moon: in Earth's gravity and lighting the night sky ; Mars: the Red Planet beckons -- Part three: Gas giants. Jupiter: king of the solar system ; Jupiter's Galilean moons: like a mini-solar system ; Jupiter's numerous rings and moons ; Saturn: spectacular lord of the rings ; Saturn's majestic, magnificent rings ; Saturn's Titan: the moon with smog and more smog ; Saturn's Enceladus: moon of many geysers ; Saturn's moons: rivaling Jupiter -- Part four: Cold and distant. Uranus: the blue-green planet ; Neptune: outer ice giant ; Pluto and Charon: from planet to dwarf planet ; Dwarf planets: Eris, Haumea, Makemake, and Ceres -- Part five: Eclectic objects. Comets: bright "hairy stars" and their tails ; Faint asteroids, flashing meteors ; Exoplanets: planets beyond our solar system -- Part six: The sun. Our sun: shining at the center ; Readings and web references.
520 $aBriefly outlines the history of astronomy and space exploration, recounts the origins of our solar system, and summarizes current knowledge about the sun, moon, stars, planets and their relationship to the earth.
651 0 $aSolar system$vPopular works.
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830 0 $aSmart guide series (Norman, Okla.)
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938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$nBK0014611485
938 $aQuality Books, Inc.$bQUAL$nqbi14002357
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