Title The big backyard : the solar system beyond Pluto / Ron Miller.

Publication Info.	Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2023]
	©2023

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Avon Free Public Library - Teen New Materials	TEEN 523.49 MILLER	Check Shelf
Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department	YA523.49 MILLER	Check Shelf
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Young Adult New Books	YA 523.49 MILLER	Check Shelf
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Description	89 pages, 15 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: Visitor from afar -- The birth of the solar system -- The planet hunt -- The mystery of the Kuiper Belt -- The dark frontier : on beyond Pluto -- The invisible solar system -- The long reach of the sun -- Between the solar system and the stars -- Conclusion: Distant relatives.
Summary	"Deep space holds materials left over from the formation of the solar system. Astronomers have been making exciting discoveries on the outermost fringes and the New Horizons spacecraft brings new insights into the origins of the sun and planets"-- Provided by publisher.
	The cold, dark world that lies at the farthest reaches of our solar system holds a vast collection of secrets. For the most of human history, we had no idea anything was out there. Utilizing photographs from NASA probes and telescopes, Miller takes us on a tour into the darkest corners of the solar system, to places beyond the limits of the human eye. Discover answers to age-old questions-- and encounter new mysteries-- at the edge of the solar system. -- adapted from back cover.
Audience	Ages 13-18 Twenty-First Century Books.
	Grades 7-9 Twenty-First Century Books.
Subject	Trans-Neptunian objects -- Juvenile literature.
	Comets -- Juvenile literature.
	Kuiper Belt -- Juvenile literature.
	Pluto (Dwarf planet) -- Juvenile literature.
	Comets.
	Kuiper Belt.
	Pluto (Dwarf planet)
	Trans-Neptunian objects.
	Comets.
	Kuiper Belt.
	Pluto (Dwarf planet)
	Comets. (OCoLC)fst00869108
	Trans-Neptunian objects. (OCoLC)fst01723582
	Pluto (Dwarf planet) (OCoLC)fst01710146
	Solar system -- Kuiper Belt. (OCoLC)fst01710143
Genre/Form	Young adult literature.
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Young adult nonfiction.
	Instructional and educational works.
	Illustrated works.
Other Form:	Online version: Miller, Ron, 1947- Big backyard Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2023] 9781728485980 (DLC) 2022024234
ISBN	9781728475349 (library binding)
	1728475341 (library binding)
	9781728485980 (ebook)

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