| Mission to Pluto: The First Visit to an Ice Dwarf and the Kuiper Belt Contributor(s): Carson, Mary Kay (Author) |
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ISBN: 0544416716 ISBN-13: 9780544416710 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology - Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Astronomy - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Discoveries |
| Dewey: 629.435 |
| LCCN: 2015037656 |
| Lexile Measure: 940 |
| Series: Scientists in the Field (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 11.1" W x 9.1" (1.50 lbs) 80 pages |
| Themes: - Holiday - Earth Day |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 185288 Reading Level: 6.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In July of 2015 a robotic spacecraft reached Pluto after a nine-and-half-year journey. New Horizons is the first spacecraft mission to Pluto and revealed its five moons as never before seen. Images from the mission show a reddish surface covered in ice-water mountains, moving glaciers, and hints of possible ice volcanoes and an underground ocean. Pluto is geologically alive and changing This addition to the Scientists in the Field series goes where no person or spacecraft has ever gone before. Follow along with the team of scientists as they build New Horizons, fly it across the solar system, and make new discoveries about a world three billion miles away. |
Contributor Bio(s): Carson, Mary Kay: - Mary Kay Carson and Tom Uhlman are married and live with their dog Ruby in a century-old house surrounded by deer, hawks, woodchucks, songbirds, and other creatures in Cincinnati, Ohio. Check out Mary Kay's other Scientist in the Field books including Park Scientists, Emi and the Rhino Scientist, The Bat Scientist, and Mission to Pluto.Uhlman, Tom: - Tom Uhlman has been a freelance photographer for more than 25 years. He photographs lots of news and sporting events, but enjoys shooting pictures of wildlife and the natural world most of all. Visiting Tom's photographs can also be seen in the Scientists in the Field books Park Scientists, Emi and the Rhino Scientist, and The Bat Scientists |