Where is our solar system?
By: by Stephanie Sabol ; illustrated by Ted Hammond
Contributors: Hammond, Ted, illustrator
Series: Who Was...?; Who was--?
Publisher: Penguin Workshop
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
ISBN-13: 9780515158182; 9780515158205
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Astronomy; Exploration; Biography; History
Description: "Readers will want to grab a telescope and explore the night skies after finishing this overview of our solar system. Our solar system consists of eight planets, as well as numerous moons, comets, asteroids, and meteoroids. For thousands of years, humans believed that Earth was at the center of the Universe, but all of that changed in the 17th century. Astronomers like Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, and Isaac Newton proposed the unthinkable theory that Earth and the other planets actually revolved around the Sun. This engaging book chronicles the beginning of the modern age of astronomy, then follows later discoveries, including NASA's current missions in space."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Ages 8-12.
Table of contents: title: Where is our solar system?; title: Sky watching; title: A shocking idea; title: A tour of the sun and stars; title: The inner planets; title: The outer planets; title: Return to earth; title: Beyond our solar system; title: The space race; title: Life in space; title: Life beyond our solar system?; title: The future; title: Timelines.