The sun
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: Sun -- Juvenile literature; Sun
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: A description of the sun, the star of our solar system, which includes information on its origin, physical composition, and characteristics, as well as on studies made of the sun by instruments and satellites.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 30) and index.
Rev. ed. of: Sun and its secrets. c1994.
Table of contents: title: Origins of the sun and planets; title: What makes the sun shine?; title: Our massive and powerful sun; title: Sun worship; title: In constant motion; title: A ball of fire; title: Graceful prominences; title: Colorful lights of the aurora; title: An eclipse of the sun; title: An instrumental way to study the sun; title: Discovering the sun's secrets; title: Harnessing the sun; title: Fact file: our sustaining sun.