The Solar System, LEKSYKONY ATLASY ENCYKLOPEDIE
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Waxman, Laura Hamilton.
The solar system / by Laura Hamilton Waxman.
p. cm. — (Early bird astronomy)
Includes index.
ISBN 978–0–7613–3874–1 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
1. Solar system—Juvenile literature. I. Title.
QB501.3.W39 2010
523.2—dc22
2009022100
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Manufactured in the United States of America
1 – BP – 12/15/09
eISBN 978-0-7613-5933-3
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Be a Word Detective
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Chapter 1
EaRtH’s nEigHboRHood
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Chapter 2
at tHE cEntER
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Chapter 3
RocKy PLanEts
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Chapter 4
gas giants
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Chapter 5
smaLLER nEigHboRs
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Chapter 6
studying tHE soLaR systEm
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A Note to Adults on Sharing a Book
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Learn More about
the Solar System
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Glossary
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Index
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