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Genre/Form: | Juvenile works Trivia and miscellanea Miscellanea Juvenile literature Miscellanées Ouvrages pour la jeunesse |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
DEAN REGAS |
ISBN: | 1913750515 9781913750510 9781913750503 1913750507 |
OCLC Number: | 1262798725 |
Description: | 1 volume : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Contents: | Welcome to space -- Earth's a planet? That's revolutionary -- Geocentric vs heliocentric -- Where is Uranus? -- Planets found and kicked out -- Finding a planet without even looking -- Search for Planet X -- Pluto found in pictures -- How Planet X got its name -- Pluto the shrinking planet -- Pluto the eccentric planet -- Pluto's long-lost brothers and sisters -- Pluto's siblings: not planets -- Pluto: not a planet in New York -- So, what is a planet? -- What astronomers meant to say -- Space object classification guide! -- What is Pluto, then? -- Fast facts about Pluto -- Postcard from Pluto -- What to do if your grown-ups fight back -- Moons in the Solar System -- Nature of science -- Number of planets throughout history -- Introducing... Sedna -- Fast facts about Sedna -- Planet nine -- The new and improved Solar System -- Time line of discovery -- What type of Solar System object are you? -- Test your grown-ups! |
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A witty guide to Pluto's discovery and demotion, which puts kids in charge.
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"So cool and utterly brilliant. If this book doesn't get youngsters interested in astronomy then I might have to eat my own copy, timeline and all." -- Jill Bennett * RedReading Hub *
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