What Is a Planet?

by Jeff Mapua

Book Overview

The wide range of planets in our small solar system alone is remarkable--giant planets; dwarf planets; rocky, watery, and gaseous planets; frigid planets and blazing-hot planets; and planets surrounded by rings or multiple moons. Then travel beyond our solar system and begin exploring the so-called exoplanets, and the variety is even more dazzling. Even readers who think they know everything about planets will find much to intrigue, excite, and thrill...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1622754565
• ISBN13: 9781622754564
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Rosen Education Service
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 6 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 5