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Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
48 p. : col ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
Describes Pluto compared to the planets previously known; explains how similar objects in space beyond Pluto made scientists decide to reclassify it as a dwarf planet; and discusses its moons and the space probes sent to explore it.
2) Beyond Pluto
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
Describes Pluto and other Kuiper Belt Objects--bodies of rock and ice beyond Pluto, including the dwarf planets Eris and Sedna--and discusses planets around other stars and space probes sent to the farthest reaches of the solar system.
Author
Series
Stink Moody volume 5
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
118 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
When Stink discovers that Pluto has been downgraded from a planet to a dwarf planet, he launches a campaign in his classroom to restore its status to that of a full-fledged member of the solar system.
Publisher
Pbs
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When the New Horizons spacecraft whizzed by Pluto in 2015, Earthlings were dazzled by the breathtaking images it beamed home. They revealed a never-before-seen alien landscape - a world of mountains made of ice mixed with plains of frozen-solid methane and nitrogen. After over two years of poring over the data, NASA has made remarkable new discoveries about everyone's favorite dwarf planet. But New Horizons didn't stop there.
Author
Series
Ricky Ricotta volume 9
Formats
Description
Infuriated by the declaration that Pluto is no longer a planet, President Penguin and his penguins invade Earth and it is up to Ricky and his robot pal to defeat them--with some help from Ricky's cousin Lucy and her pets.
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
xiii, 267 p. : 1 ill. ; 21 cm.
Description
The astronomer who inadvertently triggered the "demotion" of Pluto in his effort to officially recognize the solar system's tenth planet describes the ensuing debates and public outcry while revealing the behind-the-scenes story of his discovery.
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
Just after learning that Earth's scientists no longer consider him a planet, an unhappy Pluto takes a visitor from Earth on a tour of the solar system, sharing facts along the way.
Author
Series
Stink Moody volume 1
Formats
Description
Look! Up in the sky! Is it a falling leaf? A speck of dust? A speeding mosquito? No, it's Stink Moody, Solar System Superhero! When Stink learns that Pluto has flunked out of the Milky Way for being too shrimpy, he feels like he might just explode with a Big Bang. Stink has no choice but to take a stand for the sake of little planets (and little people) everywhere. Will he be smart enough to defeat a panel of big-shot scientists? Will he be strong...
12) Journey to Pluto
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
Come along as Jet and his friends journey to Pluto and learn all about the dwarf planet at the edge of our solar system.
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xv, 295 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Description
"Chasing New Horizons is the story of the men and women behind this amazing mission: of their decades-long commitment and persistence; of the political fights within and outside of NASA; of the sheer human ingenuity it took to design, build, and fly the mission; and of the plans for New Horizons' next encounter, 1 billion miles past Pluto in 2019. Told from the insider's perspective of mission leader Dr. Alan Stern and others on New Horizons, Chasing...
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
89 pages, 15 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
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....
15) The Pluto files
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the discovery of Pluto and follows the debate following the declassification of Pluto as a planet. Join Hayden Planetarium's director Neil deGrasse Tyson as he follows the story of Pluto's discovery and the science that surrounds this former planet, including the possibility of finding more Pluto-like planets in the mysterious Kuiper belt. From the scientists trying to classify Pluto to die-hard 'Pluto-philes, ' Tyson meets a fascinating...
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
38 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"Ride along with the New Horizons spacecraft as she rockets three billion miles to Pluto! Watch her take the first close-up photos of Pluto, and then journey another billion miles to mini-world Arrokoth. You'll whiz through space at more than 10 miles persecond; learn how giant planet Jupiter helped the little spacecraft reach Pluto; and discover the astonishing surface feature that made the world fall in love with Pluto"--
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
73 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 x 29 cm.
Description
"Follow a spacecraft the size of a piano, named New Horizons, on the first ever spacecraft mission to Pluto, the space entity formerly known as a planet, in the latest addition to the epic and authoritative Scientists in the Field series."--
Author
Series
Stink volume 4
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial USA, L.L.C
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
118 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Description
When Stink discovers that Pluto has been downgraded from a planet to a dwarf planet, he launches a campaign in his classroom to restore its status to that of a full-fledged member of the solar system.
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