The Solar System - A Cosmic Adventure by Elizabeth Avery
Shortlisted as a Finalist for both the Cultural Enterprises BEST CHILDREN’S PUBLICATION Award.
It's time to discover the Solar System! Designed for ages 7-11, this brilliant guide is perfect for fact-hungry space cadets!
With contribution from real astronomers working at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, it contains short explanations of each planet, with fascinating facts, and did-you-know features.
Did you know?
Neptune has the strongest winds in the Solar System, capable of blowing almost ten times faster than the fastest cars we have on Earth!
You could fit more than a million Earths within the Sun!
The seasons on Mars last twice as long as they do on Earth!
- 32 pages
- Hardback
Elizabeth Avery is an astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. She has worked around the UK in a variety of science and discovery centres, universities and museums promoting public engagement with the sciences. She has spent her career creating, presenting and developing learning programmes for people of all ages on all aspects of science from bio-medical science to Astronomy.
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