The Outer Planets

The Outer Planets book cover — SPACE TRAVEL GUIDES by Giles Sparrow THE OUTER PLANETS

The Outer Planets — page 1 — 4 The inner solar system is home to relatively small rocky planets Mercury Venus Earth and Mars and is surrounded by the asteroid belt a ring of small rocky objects The inner solar system is tiny compared to the vast expanse of the outer solar system and the rocky planets are also tiny compared to their outer neighbors We’ll be visiting the giant outer worlds Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune each of which is dominated by gas and ice rather than rock The Sun is an enormous ball of exploding gas much larger than any planet Like all heavy objects it produces a pull called gravity This pull stops fast-moving objects from ﬂying off into space and instead traps them in circular or oval paths called orbits INNER AND OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM SOLAR SYSTEM CENTER Get ready to blast off on the trip of a lifetime We’re going exploring into cold dark and dangerous territory to the outer reaches of the solar system The solar system consists of our nearest star the Sun and everything that circles around it The Outer Solar System URANUS 19 2 AU FROM SUN NEPTUNE 30 1 AU FROM SUN SATURN 9 5 AU FROM SUN JUPITER 5 2 AU FROM SUN

The Outer Planets

The Outer Planets

A tour of the outer solar system’s “gas giants” Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune and explores some of their major moons.

About This Book

By: Giles Sparrow

Illustrated by:

Published by: Smart Apple Media by Black Rabbit Books

9-12Age Range

7.5+AR

30Pages

ScienceSubject

1120LLexile

15-30 minsReading Time

ZGuided Reading

ZFountas & Pinnell

80DRA

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