Overview
Top tips for space travellers! Get to know the outer planets of your solar system in this up-close tour of key cosmic destinations.
The Space Traveller''s Guide: The Outer Planets is a personal tour of the gassy and icy planets furthest from the Sun - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune - plus a pit-stop among the comets, several amazing moons and even a look beyond the planets to the Kuiper Belt, Oort Cloud and of course the dwarf planets! Learn the unmissable formations at each location, from Saturn''s Dragon Storm to the snow-spewing geysers on the surface of the moon Enceladus. Includes ''Traveller''s Tips'' for surviving extreme conditions in each spot, and don''t miss the real-life tour photos at the back!
The Space Traveller''s Guide series is the perfect one-stop-shop for space lovers, brought to you by expert astronomy and physics author Giles Sparrow. It includes astounding facts to inspire young space-travel hopefuls, plus humorous cartoons to draw them through the pages, and presents key science learning in an accessible format for readers aged 9 and up.
Contents list, The Outer Planets: The outer solar system / Jupiter / Io / Europa / Ganymede and Callisto / Saturn / Ringed wonder / Saturn''s moons / Uranus / Neptune / Comets / Beyond the planets / Tour snapshots / Glossary / Resources / Index
The series includes: Earth and the Inner Planets, The Outer Planets, The Sun and Stars and Space Exploration
- | Author: Giles Sparrow
- | Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- | Publication Date: Jul 10, 2025
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- | Binding: Hardback
- | ISBN-13: 9781526328144
- | ISBN-10: 1526328143
