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How to read the solar system : a guide to the stars and planets / Chris North and Paul Abel.

Summary:

The Solar System - so what is it? This book looks at all the major players, including our more familiar neighbours - the Sun, the planets and their moons - the occasional visitors to our planet - asteroids, meteors and comets - as well as distant stars and what might be beyond our Solar System - Earth Mark II?

Record details

  • ISBN: 1605986712
  • ISBN: 9781605986715
  • Physical Description: 320 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First Pegagus Books edition
  • Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
What is the solar system? -- Ancient stargazers -- Celestial mechanics -- The sun -- Mercury -- Venus -- Earth and Moon -- Mars -- Jupiter -- Saturn -- Uranus and Neptune -- Asteroids and dwarf planets -- Comets -- One among many.
Subject:
Stars > Observers' manuals.
Solar system > Observers' manuals.

Available copies

  • 17 of 19 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 19 total copies.
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Jacksonville Main Library 523.2 NOR (Text) 36015000661815 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Swansboro Branch Library 523.2 NOR (Text) 36015000803458 Adult Nonfiction Checked out 08/12/2026

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