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Describes the origins and characteristics of the sun, planets, moons, asteroids, meteoroids, and comets, and features full-color photos and spacecraft images.

Describes the sixth planet from the sun, its rings, and its moons, and includes photographs taken in outer space.

On a special field trip in the magic school bus, Ms. Frizzle's class goes into outer space and visits each planet in the solar system.

Questions and answers explore various aspects of stars and our solar system, including the sun, planets, moons, comets, and asteroids.

The students of the Magic School Bus go on a field trip through the solar system.

Explains what makes a planet a planet and why Pluto is no longer considered one, and describes planet rotation and orbits.

When the residents of a far-distant planet send a message to Earth asking for someone to meet with them, the President of the United States asks Stanley Lambchop, an all-American boy, to be his ambassador.

Presents the beginning of Kira and Rei's love story, in which Kira, an unpopular art student, asks Rei, a gorgeous, rebellious motorcycle racer, to model for her, after which their relationship slowly blossoms despite the violent actions of their jealous classmates.

Profiles the eight planets from Mercury to Neptune and the dwarf planets Pluto, Eris, and Ceres; discusses meteorites, comets, the Kuiper and asteroid belts, the Oort cloud, and other solar systems; and presents planet charts, a glossary, and a "Solar System in a Grocery Bag" project.

Briefly describes the characteristics of the sun, planets, and stars of our solar system and some of the still unsolved mysteries of the universe.

Introduces the solar system and its nine planets. Includes directions for making two models: one showing relative sizes of the planets and the other, their relative distances from the sun.

Briefly describes the characteristics of the sun, planets, moons, asteroids, and comets of our solar system.

A child describes how the earth, sun, and planets are part of our solar system, which is just one small part of the universe.

A color-illustrated journey through the solar system that profiles each planet and other celestial bodies such as the moon, asteroids, and comets, describing their sizes, atmospheres, surfaces, and unique qualities.

Describes the planets of the solar system and more distant objects in space and discusses past and present ways we have gathered information about them.