The Space Traveller’s Guide: The Outer Planets

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Top tips for space travellers! Get to know the outer planets of your solar system in this up-close tour of key cosmic destinations. The Space Traveller’s Guide: The Outer Planets is a personal tour of the gassy and icy planets furthest from the Sun – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune – plus a pit-stop among the comets, several amazing moons and even a look beyond the planets to the Kuiper Belt, Oort Cloud and of course the dwarf planets! Learn the unmissable formations at each location, from Saturn’s Dragon Storm to the snow-spewing geysers on the surface of the moon Enceladus. Includes ‘Traveller’s Tips’ for surviving extreme conditions in each spot, and don’t miss the real-life tour photos at the back!The Space Traveller’s Guide series is the perfect one-stop-shop for space lovers, brought to you by expert astronomy and physics author Giles Sparrow.