Edition:
Hardback
ISBN:
9780571277711
Published:
17.11.2011
No of pages:
224
The Solar System
Marcus Chown
Bestselling author Marcus Chown leads us on a grand tour through the incredible diversity of planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and spacecraft that surround the Sun in our cosmic backyard. Illuminating his insightful and surprising text are a wealth of beautiful images and diagrams, printed in full colour, richly detailed and accurately based on real scientific data.
A perfect gift for anyone with an interest in astronomy, The Solar System allows the imagination to roam free from Mercury to Pluto and beyond.
Tags
Categorised as:
Non-fiction
Sub-categories:
Popular Science
Genres & Themes:
Space;
Astronomy;
Universe
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