Solar System for Kids Quotes

“star”
― Hilary Statum, Solar System for Kids: A Junior Scientist's Guide to Planets, Dwarf Planets, and Everything Circling Our Sun

“Before the Big Bang, the universe was tinier than the point of a needle. Within one second, the universe expanded very quickly—spreading hot, energetic gas billions of miles in every direction.”
― Hilary Statum, Solar System for Kids: A Junior Scientist's Guide to Planets, Dwarf Planets, and Everything Circling Our Sun

“we often say we saw a “shooting star” even though meteors have nothing to do with stars!”
― Hilary Statum, Solar System for Kids: A Junior Scientist's Guide to Planets, Dwarf Planets, and Everything Circling Our Sun

“VENUS: Silvery Venus is so bright it’s sometimes mistaken for an airplane! It is one of the easiest planets to spot.”
― Hilary Statum, Solar System for Kids: A Junior Scientist's Guide to Planets, Dwarf Planets, and Everything Circling Our Sun

“Needless to say, Eris is one of the coldest planets, or dwarf planets, in the solar system.”
― Hilary Statum, Solar System for Kids: A Junior Scientist's Guide to Planets, Dwarf Planets, and Everything Circling Our Sun

“The International Astronomical Union, which is a group of experienced astronomers, decided in 2006 that Pluto should be called a dwarf planet. They explained that Pluto did not meet the three rules used to define a full-size planet. Although Pluto follows two of the rules—it orbits the Sun and is able to keep a round shape—Pluto does not have a magnetic field strong enough to clear other objects from its orbit. This is why scientists reclassified it as a dwarf planet.”
― Hilary Statum, Solar System for Kids: A Junior Scientist's Guide to Planets, Dwarf Planets, and Everything Circling Our Sun

“For 20 years, it was farther away from the Sun than Pluto!”
― Hilary Statum, Solar System for Kids: A Junior Scientist's Guide to Planets, Dwarf Planets, and Everything Circling Our Sun

“AVERAGE TEMPERATURE: -392 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT”
― Hilary Statum, Solar System for Kids: A Junior Scientist's Guide to Planets, Dwarf Planets, and Everything Circling Our Sun

“NEPTUNE DIAMETER: 30,598 MILES DISTANCE FROM SUN: 2.8 BILLION MILES DISTANCE FROM EARTH: 2.7 BILLION TO 2.9 BILLION MILES (DEPENDING ON PLACE IN ORBIT)”
― Hilary Statum, Solar System for Kids: A Junior Scientist's Guide to Planets, Dwarf Planets, and Everything Circling Our Sun