Jupiter
By: by Isaac Asimov ; with revisions and updating by Richard Hantula.
Contributors: Hantula, Richard.; Asimov, Isaac, 1920-
Edition: Rev. and updated ed.
Series: Isaac Asimov's 21st century library of the universe. Solar system
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Pub.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Milwaukee, WI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Jupiter (Planet) -- Juvenile literature; Jupiter (Planet)
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: A description of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, which includes information on its numerous moons, space probes which have studied it, and the 1994 collision of comet remnants with the planet.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 30) and index.
Rev. ed. of: Planet of extremes--Jupiter. Rev. and updated ed. 1995.
Table of contents: title: The bright planet Jupiter; title: Seeing Jupiter; title: A closer look; title: The great red spot; title: Rings around the planet; title: The moons of Jupiter; title: Icy and cratered Callisto; title: The solar system's largest moon-Ganymede; title: Fire and ice: two volcanic worlds; title: Probing the planet Jupiter; title: Galileo's epic voyage; title: Smash hits: a comet collides with Jupiter; title: Fact file: Jupiter, the largest planet.