When the unmanned spacecraft Galileo landed on Jupiter in 1995, what mysteries did it uncover?...
Did you know that...
- Jupiter is so large that more than 1,300 planet Earths could fit inside.
- The Great Red Spot on the planet is actually an enormous hurricane that changes in size and color over the years.
- A person weighing 100 pounds on Earth would weigh 264 pounds on Jupiter.
- Life might exist on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons.
Prepare yourself for an amazing voyage through space. Your destination: Jupiter!
From School Library Journal
Grade 2-4AWhat with falling comets and the recent arrival of the Galileo spacecraft, the past decade has been a busy one for the Jovian systemAso here's a timely, thoroughly revised edition of Simon's 1985 Jupiter (Morrow). It incorporates recent events and discoveries into a clearly written, dramatically illustrated tour of our largest planet and its four Galilean moons. Most of the first edition's eye-popping photographs have been replaced by even larger, closer views; those that remain look fresh, sharp, and bright. Similarly, the text has been rewritten, rearranged, and enhanced with plenty of new information about the impact of the Shoemaker-Levy comet, visible changes between the Voyager flybys in the late '70s and Galileo's observations, and the descent of Galileo's probe into the wild Jovian atmosphere. Expertly balancing the verbal and visual presentation, Simon again demonstrates his ability to inform and entertain simultaneously.AJohn Peters, New York Public Library
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
"Expertly balancing the verbal and visual presentation, Simon again demonstrates hisability to inform and entertain simultaneously." -- School Library Journal
"Spectacular full-color photographs. Fascinating...not to be missed." -- Kirkus Reviews
About the Author
Seymour Simon has been called “the dean of the [children’s science book] field” by the New York Times. He has written more than 250 books for young readers and has received the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Lifetime Achievement Award for his lasting contribution to children’s science literature, the Science Books & Films Key Award for Excellence in Science Books, the Empire State Award for excellence in literature for young people, the New York State Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature, the Hope S. Dean Memorial Award from the Boston Public Library, the Washington Post-Children’s Book Guild Award, the Educational Paperback Association Jeremiah Ludington Award, and the Mom’s Choice Award-Gold. He and his wife, Liz, live in upstate New York.
