Planet Hunting: Racking Up Data and Looking for Life

by Andrew Langley

Overview

In the vastness of space, countless planets exist. Scientists are actively studying as many of them as they can. How many could support life as Earth does? And what other wonderful worlds will our technology find?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781543575163
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/08/2019
Series:	Future Space
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.31(d)
Lexile:	790L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 14 Years

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Billions of Suns 4

Chapter 2 How To Find A Planet 10

Chapter 3 Rocks, Rogues, And Hot Jupiters 18

Chapter 4 What's Next? 24

Glossary 28

Read More 29

Internet Sites 29

Index 30

Interviews

·      Appeals to fans of Star Wars and science fiction, who are already interested in the future of space travel ·      Useful for hi-lo readers in middle school reading at a third or fourth grade level ·      The 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing in July 2019 will increase curiosity in all things space, including what the future holds. ·      High-interest topics will get kids excited about curriculum related to space in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

Editorial Reviews

An excellent and up-to-date book on exoplanets and how we discover them. Planet Hunting begins with an explanation of exoplanets and describes in age-appropriate detail how the transit method, “wobble method” (radial velocity method), and direct imaging work. . . .Glossary definitions on the same pages that challenging words appear are very helpful. This book is part of a Future Space series from Capstone but it’s my favorite of the lot.

The Planetary Socieity