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Revised and updated to include recent data and photographs obtained by the Voyager 2 mission, this detailed study of the giant planet has been published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Neptune's discovery in 1846. It includes an historical survey
Presents general information about the planet Neptune, including its place in the solar system, what it is made of, and its moons.
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Explores the relationship between the Sun and the three outer planets of the solar system from the point of view of a planetary scientist, examining the role of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto as recorders of the formation of the solar system.
This newly-updated (2012) edition includes over twenty dramatic, full-color photographs and a concise, easy-to-read text, award-winning author Seymour Simon gives us an introduction to Neptune, a turbulent world from its mysterious clouds of methane-ice to its raging winds of up to seven hundred miles per hour and its Great Dark Spot, a huge hurricane big enough to swallow our entire planet Earth. We also learn about the bright white cloud scientists have nicknamed Scooter and about Neptune's surprising moons, including pink, volcanic Triton-the coldest object ever measured in the Solar System.
Presents general information about the planet Neptune, including its place in the solar system, what it is made of, and its moons.
This is solely devoted to the planet Neptune, in preparation for the flypast of the American Voyager II space probe in August 1989. Patrick Moore has produced a concise summary of our present knowledge of this outermost planet, and presents material collected from a wide range of sources over a number of years.