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

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

Marcus. Chown

Sommaire
Beginning with an 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.

A visual exploration of the planets, moons, and other heavenly bodies that orbit our sun

Date de publication comme intervalle
2011

Description matérielle
224 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Note générale
"Published in partnership with Touch Press, creators of The elements and Solar system for iPad; Faber and Faber; and Planetary visions."--T.p.
 
Includes index.

Table des matières
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.

Terme géographique
Solar system.
 
Solar system -- Pictorial works.

Résumé
Beginning with an 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.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9781603762649

Informations de publication
New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, c2011.


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
Abbott520 CHOBook30100000085185Non-Fiction