Moon
By: Giles Sparrow
Series: Exploring the solar system
Publisher: Heinemann Library
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
ISBN-13: 9781575723907
Subjects: Juvenile literature
Description: Color photos and diagrams fill this overview of the moon, which describes its surface, how it was formed, myths about it, and the history of moon research. Also includes a glossary and further-reading list.

Pictures and text describe the Earth's moon.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 38) and index.
Table of contents: title: Where is the moon?; title: First view; title: Getting closer; title: The surface of the moon; title: The lunar seas; title: Hills and hollows; title: Craters, craters everywhere; title: The far side; title: What's inside the moon?; title: How the moon formed; title: A double planet; title: Eclipses; title: A day on the moon; title: Myths and legends; title: Discoveries from earth; title: Race for the moon; title: Apollo and after; title: Could humans live there?.