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The Incredible Journey to the Planets (Incredible Journey)
The Incredible Journey to the Planets - Incredible Journey Author:Nicholas Harris, Sebastian Quigley (Illustrator), Gary Hicks (Illustrator) This is a journey through our solar system. Windows are cut out of each page so we can see backwards, from where we have come, and forwards to where we are going. The sun, is where we begin our journey. A fact file sidebar provides specific data about the sun (and each planet); size, density, surface and core temperatures, and rotation period. M... more »ercury, the second smallest planet, is next. A photograph shows that the surface texture of Mercury is very similar to our moon. Venus, although named for the Roman goddess of love, has a very toxic atmosphere and is covered in unbroken clouds. We see that the two moons of Mars are potato shaped, and probably asteroids captured by Mars' gravity. As we progress through the solar system we also encounter asteroids and comets. Each planet is beautifully illustrated. Through the windows all of the planets, asteroids and comets are revealed, but obviously not to scale.« less