The Outer Planets.

By:

Faulkner, Nicholas [Author]

Contributor(s):

Gregersen, Erik

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781508106005

Subject(s):

Outer planets -- Juvenile literature

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

QB659 .O984 2019

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Subject: The outer planets, which are Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus are truly fascinating not only because of their size, but also because they offer some of the most unusual worlds we have ever seen. Readers will be intrigued with the scientific details of each planet, which follow the Next Generation Science Standards focusing on the solar system, including their size, temperature, and pressure of their atmospheres, their weather, and their interiors. Readers will also learn about each planet's moons, which are unique worlds unto themselves and which may offer our best chance for finding extraterr.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1; Giant Jupiter; Jupiter By the Numbers; The Atmosphere and the Great Red Spot; Composition of Jupiter's Clouds; Characteristics of the Atmosphere; Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9; Jupiter's Magnetic Field and Magnetosphere; The Auroras of Jupiter; The Inside of Jupiter; Jupiter's Moons and Ring of Jupiter; The Galilean Satellites; Callisto; Ganymede; Europa; Io; Jupiter's Other Satellites; Jupiter's Ring; Chapter 2; Saturn: The Jewel of the Solar System; An Overview of Saturn; Composition and Structure of Saturn's Atmosphere.

A Dynamic AtmosphereThe Magnetic Field and Magnetosphere; Saturn's Interior; Saturn's Complex Ring System; Discovering Saturn's Rings; Saturn's Moons; Chapter 3; Uranus: An Ice Giant; Astronomical Data of Uranus; The Atmosphere of Uranus; The Magnetic Field and Magnetosphere; The Interior; Moons of Uranus; The Ring System; Discovery of the Rings; Chapter 4; Big, Blue Neptune; Neptune: An Overview; Neptune's Atmosphere; The Magnetic Field and Magnetosphere of Neptune; The Origin of Neptune's Orbit; Neptune's Interior; The Moons and Rings of Neptune; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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The outer planets, which are Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus are truly fascinating not only because of their size, but also because they offer some of the most unusual worlds we have ever seen. Readers will be intrigued with the scientific details of each planet, which follow the Next Generation Science Standards focusing on the solar system, including their size, temperature, and pressure of their atmospheres, their weather, and their interiors. Readers will also learn about each planet's moons, which are unique worlds unto themselves and which may offer our best chance for finding extraterr.

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