Aguilar, David A.

13 planets : the latest view of the solar system / Thirteen planets. Latest view of the solar system. David A. Aguilar. - Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2011. - 60 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. - National Geographic kids. . - National geographic kids. .

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword -- Latest view of the solar system -- How our solar system formed -- Sun -- Mercury -- Venus -- Earth. Earth's Moon ; Meteorites -- Mars. Water on Mars -- Ceres/Asteroid belt -- Jupiter. Jupiter's moons -- Saturn. Saturn's moons -- Uranus -- Neptune -- Pluto -- Haumer/Kuiper belt -- Makemake -- Eris/Dwarfs -- Comets/Oort cloud -- End of our solar system -- Other solar systems.

Profiles each of the planets in Earth's solar system, including Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Haumea, MakeMake, the sun, the Oort cloud, comets, and more.

ISBN: 9781426307706 (hc.)

LCCN: 2010032510

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Planets.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Solar system.

Dewey Class. No.: 523.2