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Author:

Aderin-Pocock, Maggie, 1968- author.

Title:

Dr Maggie's grand tour of the solar system / written by Maggie Aderin-Pocock ; illustrated by Chelen Écija.

Publisher:

Kane Millera division of EDC Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

120 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Space flight--Juvenile literature.
Solar system--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Écija, Chelen, illustrator.

Notes:

Includes index. "First published in Great Britain in 2019 by Buster Books." --Title verso page.

Contents:

The tour -- Earth -- The International Space Station -- Space junk -- The Moon -- The Sun -- Mercury -- Venus -- Missions to the inner planets -- Mars -- Asteroid belt -- Rocky bodies -- Exploring the outer Solar System -- Jupiter -- Saturn -- Uranus -- Neptune -- The Kuiper Belt -- Pluto -- Planet Nine -- Where does the Solar System end? -- The Oort Cloud -- The space between the stars -- Dr Maggie signing off -- Ship's database.

Summary:

"Visit planets, moons, asteroids and satellites, and travel to places where no human has been before. Along the way, you can discover how we could live on Mars, learn about the hunt for a mysterious super-Earth, have a snowball fight on Mercury, climb the largest volcano in the Solar System and much, much more." --Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

1684640342
9781684640348

LCCN:

2019940795

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

XHPD657 -- Glenwood Public Library (Glenwood)

HQPD845 -- Rock Valley Public Library (Rock Valley)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)