Neptune / / Greg Roza

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910154938503321
• Autore: Roza Greg
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services, , 2017
• ISBN: 1-5081-0342-9
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
• Collana: Planetary Exploration
• Disciplina: 523.48
• Soggetti: Neptune (Planet); Solar system
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The eighth planet -- Physical description -- Gas giant -- Stormy weather -- Beneath the atmosphere -- Magnetic field -- Ring system -- Orbit and spin -- Neptune's moons -- Triton -- Observing Neptune -- Voyager 2 -- Learning more -- Glossary.
• Sommario/riassunto: This curriculum-based book teaches young readers the fundamentals of Neptune. They will learn about Neptune's physical features, its super storms that can reach 1,500 miles per hour, its ring system, the Voyager missions, and its status as one of the gas giants. Includes images directly from NASA and those taken by the Voyager missions themselves.