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How to read the solar system : a guide to the stars and planets Cover Image Book

How to read the solar system : a guide to the stars and planets

North, Chris (Chris E.) (author.). Abel, Paul (Astronomer) (author.).

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?

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

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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.

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

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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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