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Our home planet

Earth
2008
Explore the Earth, the only planet known to support life.

Nearest to the sun

the planet Mercury
2008
Explore Mercury, the smallest planet, and the fact that it has the biggest craters, the biggest temperature swings, and the biggest sunrises in the solar system.

Brightest in the sky

the planet Venus
2008
Explore Venus, Earth's closest neighbor, and the hottest planet in the solar system.

The largest planet

Jupiter
2008
Explore the Great Red Spot, a huge storm as wide as two Earths, on Jupiter and the rest of the planet.

Ringed giant

the planet Saturn
2008
Explore Saturn's rings, moons and more.

Farthest from the sun

the planet Neptune
2008
Explore Neptune, the only planet that can't be seen with the naked eye and the planet farthest from the sun.

Seeing red

the planet Mars
2008
Explore Mars, the second-smallest planet in our solar system, and its cold canyons, ice caps, and more.

The sideways planet

Uranus
2008
Explore the gas giant's strange position, its rings, moons, and more in this book about Uranus.
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