Telescopes and space probes
Series: Explore the solar system
Publisher: World Book
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780716695417
Description: "An introduction to the history of telescopes and space probes for primary and intermediate grade students with information about their features and use. Includes a list of highlights for each chapter, fun facts, glossary, resource list, and index"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Telescopes; title: What is a telescope?; title: Who invented the telescope?; title: What is an optical telescope?; title: How do optical telescopes "see"?; title: Where are the largest optical telescopes on Earth?; title: What is a radio telescope?; title: What is an infrared telescope?; title: What is an ultraviolet telescope?; title: What are X-ray and gamma-ray telescopes?; title: What is an observatory?; title: What is the Hubble space telescope?; title: How does Hubble stay in orbit?; title: Why is Hubble so important?; title: Space probes; title: What is a space probe?; title: What do space probes do?; title: What can space probes do that astronauts can't?; title: Where did early space probes go?; title: When did space probes reach Mercury, Venus, and Mars?; title: Which other probes have studied Mars?; title: Which rovers have explored Mars?; title: What did the Phoenix lander discover on Mars?; title: What have the voyager probes taught us about the solar system?; title: Which probes have studied Jupiter?; title: Which probe is studying Saturn?; title: What have we learned from probes to the sun?; title: What have we learned from stardust and near?; title: What messages have we sent into space?; title: What is "space junk"?