Teach Tourself Planets (Teach Yourself) - Softcover

Extensively illustrated, this authoritative, easy-to-understand guide describes the nature and origin of the solar system. It looks at the internal structure, surface features, and weather patterns of each planet and its major satellites; discusses the possibilities of finding >life on other planetary bodies; covers asteroids and the icy bodies beyond Pluto; and explains how to see the planets in the sky.

David Rothery teaches Geology and Planetary Science at the United Kingdom's Open University.