Telescopes and space probes.

Titre
Telescopes and space probes.

Sommaire
"Introduction to telescopes and space probes forprimary and intermediate grade students. Includes fun facts, glossary, resource list and index".

Date de publication comme intervalle
2007

World Book's solar system & space exploration library

Description matérielle
64 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Edition
2nd ed.

Table des matières
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.
 
What is a telescope -- Who invented the telescope -- What is an ooptical telescope -- How do opitcal telescopes make the invisble visible -- Where are the largest opotical telescoopes on earth.

Terme de vedette-matière
Telescopes.
 
Space probes.

Terme géographique
Outer space -- Exploration.

Vedette secondaire - Nom collectif
World Book, Inc.

Résumé
"Introduction to telescopes and space probes forprimary and intermediate grade students. Includes fun facts, glossary, resource list and index".

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780716695202

Informations de publication
Chicago : World Book, c2007.


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