The Outer Planets

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Introduction 6 Chapter1 Giant Jupiter 9 Jupiter By the Numbers 12 The Atmosphere and the Great Red Spot 14 Composition of Jupiter’s Clouds 18 Characteristics of the Atmosphere 21 Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 24 Jupiter’s Magnetic Field and Magnetosphere 26 The Auroras of Jupiter 28 The Inside of Jupiter 29 Jupiter’s Moons and Ring of Jupiter 32 The Galilean Satellites 33 Callisto 34 Ganymede 35 Europa 37 Io 39 CONTENTS
The Outer Planets

The Outer Planets

The outer planets, which are Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus are truly fascinating not only because of their size, but also because they offer some of the most unusual worlds we have ever seen. Readers will be intrigued with the scientific details of each planet, which follow the Next Generation Science Standards focusing on the solar system, including their size, temperature, and pressure of their atmospheres, their weather, and their interiors. Readers will also learn about each planet's moons, which are unique worlds unto themselves and which may offer our best chance for finding extraterrestrial life.

About This Book

By: Nicholas Faulkner
Illustrated by: Erik Gregersen
Published by: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
9-12Age Range
- AR
126Pages
ScienceSubject
-Lexile
2-3 hoursReading Time
-Guided Reading
-Fountas & Pinnell
-DRA