The Planets and The Solar System
Written by Jen Green
Narrated by Ruth Sillers
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About this audiobook
Living busily on Planet Earth, we rarely remember that we inhabit only a miniscule part of the universe. In The Planets and The Solar System, Jen Green paints the wider picture, and takes us on a journey across billions of kilometres in our galaxy, from our Sun to near and distant planets. Some, like Mercury, have a molten core surrounded with crust and spin quickly; Jupiter, on the other hand, is a big ball of gas. For 2,500 years, mathematicians and scientists, from Pythagoras to Hubble, have investigated our universe and found that the dimensions, the temperatures and the speeds (light years!) are unbelievably extreme. A fascinating introduction for younger listeners.
Jen Green
Salima Alikhan has been a freelance writer and illustrator for fourteen years. She lives in Austin, Texas, where she writes and illustrates children’s books. Salima also teaches creative writing at St. Edward’s University and English at Austin Community College. Her books and art can be found at www.salimaalikhan.net.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Interesting lecture. Learnt many new things like the core of the Jupiter being hotter than the sun!!! Unimaginable temperature then
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I really enjoyed this audiobook. There was a lot that I didn’t know that I do now.
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