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We know much
about the mountains and oceans of Earth,
spinning with us
around the flaring Sun.
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We know something
of the space in between,
where swift Mercury and sizzling Venus track our sky.
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Weve become familiar with our closest neighbors the cratered moon, desert-red Mars, and the rubble of asteroids,
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Weve swooped by Jupiters swirling storm, Saturns chunky ringlets, and crowds of circling moons.
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Weve sped past sideways Uranus and windy Neptune, skirting the outer reaches of our solar system.
But we want to go farther. We long to explore. To know even more.
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We dream of discovering what lies...
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DISCOVERIES FROM THE
OUTER REACHES OF SPACE
MIRANDA PAUL
ILLUSTRATED BY SIJA HONG
Millbrook Press / Minneapolis
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The frigid glitter of a trillion comets zooms in a cosmic ring.
Dwarf planets with tiny moons and atmospheres that freeze and fall bring action and excitement.
Hang onwe havent even left the neighborhood.
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PAST THE PLANETS: KUIPER BELT 29 - 49 AU (35 billion miles)
from Earth
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A swarm of icy bodiessome as big as mountains forms a cloudy border around our cosmic village.
Its so mysterious weve never seen it, like a snowy fog covering our distant, traveling neighbor.
But when traffic gets heavy, we cant miss the drama: watch these dirty snowballs come hurtling toward our sun.
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AT THE EDGE:
OORT CLOUD
5,000-100,000 AU
(464 billion - 929 trillion miles / 0.79 - 1.6 light-years) from Earth
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MILKY WAY: INTERSTELLAR NEIGHBORHOOD EXOPLANETS
Round exoplanets appear in the scopes of our sensors: Wind-whipped worlds with endless days and nights. Dark realms where gemstones fall from the sky.
4.25 light-years from Earth Proxima btidally locked into half day/half night
1,043 light-years from Earth HAT-P-7 ba dark realm that might rain rubies and sapphires
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Earth-like planets with
twilight skies.