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" Probing the new solar system / "
John Wilkinson
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BL
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705007
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b527196
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| Main Entry
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Wilkinson, John
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| Title & Author
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Probing the new solar system /\ John Wilkinson
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| Publication Statement
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Collingwood, Vic. :: CSIRO Pub.,, c2009
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ix, 300 p. :: ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ;; 23 cm
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0643095756
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: 9780643095755
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Why a new solar system? -- Exploring the planets -- The sun -- Mercury: a hot, old world -- Venus: a hot, cloudy planet -- Earth: a watery, living world -- Mars: the red planet -- The asteroid belt -- Jupiter: the gas giant -- Saturn: the ringed planet -- Uranus: the blue, icy planet -- Neptune: an icy, cold world -- Trans-Neptunian objects -- Overview and the future
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Astronomy
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Outer space
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Solar system
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| Dewey Classification
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523.2
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QB501.W55 2009
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QB501.W55 2009
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