false 78613 6 <P>Our Solar System was born almost 5 billion years ago at the edge of the Milky Way galaxy. In over fifty dramatic, full-color photographs and an easy-to-read text, award-winning author Seymour Simon takes you on a fascinating tour of the nine planets, dozens of moons, and thousands of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets that travel around our sun.</P><P>First, Simon explores the star at the center of our Solar System -- from the constant nuclear explosions at its core to the giant storms on its surface as geysers of flaming gas over a hundred thousand miles long rise and fall in just a few hours.</P><P>You will also learn about the four rocky inner planets, from airless Mercury to fiery Venus, her sister planet, Earth, and mysterious Mars. Then join the thrilling <i>Voyager</i> missions to explore the four gaseous outer planets: gigantic Jupiter, ringed Saturn, tilted Uranus -- the planet "lying on its side" -- and windy Neptune. You will finish your journey at distant Pluto, then visit the asteroid belt and examine comets, the "dirty snowballs" in space.</P><P>A companion volume to Simon's landmark series of individual books about each of the planets, the sun, stars, and other space sights, <i>Our Solar System</i> will introduce you to some of the most amazing mysteries in the universe.</P> 75906 1992 Our Solar System total:29|5:10|4:14|3:5|2:0|1:0| 29 121 45 6 4 0 false false Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 18:55:46 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 18:56:08 -0700 2009
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