Neptune

Seymour Simon

Oct 2012 · StarWalk Kids Media

About this ebook

This newly-updated (2012) edition includes over twenty dramatic, full-color photographs and a concise, easy-to-read text, award-winning author Seymour Simon gives us an introduction to Neptune, a turbulent world from its mysterious clouds of methane-ice to its raging winds of up to seven hundred miles per hour and its Great Dark Spot, a huge hurricane big enough to swallow our entire planet Earth. We also learn about the bright white cloud scientists have nicknamed Scooter and about Neptune's surprising moons, including pink, volcanic Triton-the coldest object ever measured in the Solar System.

Ratings and reviews

Neptune is not the coldest planet in the solar system Uranus is but Neptune is the eight planet from the sun Neptune is four times the size of earth although Neptune is the windest planet in the solar system with wind speed is one thousand two hundred behind Neptune is Pluto A dwarf planet and Pluto is really far from sun and it is the ninth planet from the sun in 2006 Pluto Will be dwarf planet Neptune has A methane hydrogen and helium not ice giant like Uranus and Neptune however they have methane on Uranus and Neptune and the pressure on Uranus and Neptune they make diamond rain Jupiter and Saturn only has hydrogen and helium sun also have that but hydrogen is changing into helium like A tank filled with helium Earth has rain water and on Venus has sulphuric acid

Very good book to inform people about Neptune

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About the author

Seymour Simon, whom the New York Times called "the dean of the [children's science] field," is the author of more than 250 highly acclaimed science books, more than seventy-five of which have been named Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children by the National Science Teachers Association. He has introduced tens of millions of children to a staggering array of subjects, and his Collins photo-essay series is co-branded with the Smithsonian Institution, giving them a special seal of approval from a leading authority on science and education.Seymour Simon's free, educational children's app, SCIENCE FUN TO GO, debuted in the Top 10 of all free children's apps in the Amazon App store. His website, SeymourSimon.com, is a 2011 Webby Honoree designed to engage children in science, reading and writing. And his interactive, read aloud iBook, WHY DO PUPPIES DO THAT, was one of five finalists in the Children's category of the Publishing Innovation Awards at Digital Book World 2012.Seymour Simon is a founding partner in StarWalk Kids Media (www.starwalkkids.com), a streaming content provider and marketing platform for eBooks, apps and other engaging, educational content. The company distributes its product to schools and libraries, teachers, caregivers and parents seeking high quality and affordable children's literature, with a special emphasis on nonfiction.