Where Is Our Solar System?

Type

Book

Authors

Sabol, Stephanie

Who HQ

Hammond, Ted

ISBN 10

0515158186

ISBN 13

9780515158182

Tags

Astronomy, Earth Sciences

Description

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.

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