Your Mission to Neptune

Sally Kephart Carlson

ABDO, Sep 1, 2011 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 32 pages

It's time for your mission to Neptune! Jump in your super speedy rocket to explore Neptune's size, atmosphere, temperature, pressure, orbits, clouds of gases, rings, winds, and moons. Basic solar system facts are brought to life with a focus on what questions scientists are still trying to solve. Each book ends with a section on how scientists discovered the facts that have been presented. Bright, colorful illustrations and straightforward text make this topic accessible for even the youngest astronomer.

Contents

• Neptunes Appearance: 1
• Size and Days: 2
• Ball of Gases: 5
• Temperature: 6
• The Windy Place: 9
• Energy Source: 10
• Liquid Layer: 13
• Years: 17
• Seasons: 18
• The Rings: 21
• Moons: 22
• How Do Scientists Know about Neptune?: 24
• Neptune Facts: 25

Bibliographic information

• Title: Your Mission to Neptune; Planets (Your Mission to ...)
• Author: Sally Kephart Carlson
• Illustrated by: Scott Burroughs
• Publisher: ABDO, 2011
• ISBN: 1616417412, 9781616417413
• Length: 32 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Astronomy; Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Discoveries; Juvenile Nonfiction / Technology / Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science