The Planets: A Journey Through the Solar System

by Giles Sparrow

Within the last 40 years, the contents of our solar system have been slowly revealed by a fleet of satellites and interplanetary probes, from Cassini to the Hubble Space Telescope to the recent Mars Exploration Rovers. Moving out from the Sun, every planet and moon is visited in this comprehensive survey that follows the tracks of robotic rovers over Mars, plunges through Titan’s atmosphere on the back of the Huygens probe, inspects a comet, and discovers the frozen planets that lurk beyond the orbit of Neptune, a full light year from Earth. The breathtaking images of dozens of celestial bodies are accompanied by fascinating captions and informative diagrams, completing this stunning compilation.

Genres: Science, Astronomy, Nonfiction, Space, Reference

224 pages, Paperback

First published October 5, 2006

Reviews

[Brandon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got this because it is fairly new so it has Pluto in its rightful place as a non-planet. Take that Pluto!

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a wonderful book for anyone who loves reading about our solar system, and likes their information about the planets in that solar system in small tidbits. The pictures were absolutely amazing.