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An edition of Telescopes and space probes (2007)

Telescopes and space probes.

2nd ed.
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"Introduction to telescopes and space probes forprimary and intermediate grade students. Includes fun facts, glossary, resource list and index"--Provided by publisher.

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World Book
Language
English
Pages
64

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Table of Contents

What is a telescope?
Who invented the telescope?
What is an optical telescope?
How do optical telescopes make
The invisible visible?
Where are the largest optical telescopes on Earth?
What is a radio telescope?
What is an infrared telescope?
Why would an infrared telescope tag along after earth?
What is an ultraviolet telescope?
What are x-ray and gamma ray telescopes?
What is an observatory and where are they located?
What is the largest telescope in orbit?
How does Hubble stay in orbit?
Why is Hubble so important?
What is a space probe?
What kinds of facts do space probes collect?
For what kinds of mission would a probe be good?
What was the space race?
Where did early space probes go?
When did space probes reach venus, mercury, and mars?
How did pathfinder collect facts about Mars?
What did Mars's odyssey discover?
What are spirit and opportunity?
Why were plaques aboard the probes that studied Jupiter?
What did the Voyager and Galileo probes discover?
What probe continues to orbit Saturn?
What has NASA learned from stardust and near?
What is "space junk"?
Fun facts about telescopes and space probes.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 64) and index.

Published in
Chicago
Series
World Book's solar system & space exploration library
Genre
Juvenile literature.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
522/.2
Library of Congress
QB88 .T337 2007

The Physical Object

Pagination
64 p. :
Number of pages
64

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17940164M
Internet Archive
telescopesspacep0000unse
ISBN 10
0716695200
ISBN 13
9780716695202
LCCN
2006030046
OCLC/WorldCat
71322285

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