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Super Explorers take you deep into space to see the planets in our Solar System and beyond: · Our Solar System has 8 planets, 5 dwarf planets and many minor planets. · Most planets have at least one moon like Earth, but Jupiter has 69 moons and Saturn has 62! · The Sun's gravity keeps the planets in our Solar System circling around it. · Mercury is the closest planet to the sun; the temperature there is 117ËC (243ËF). · Neptune is the farthest planet from the sun; the temperature there is -216ËC (-357ËF). · Scientists think there may be extraterrestrial life on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, because there may be liquid water under the surface!

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TAMARA HARTSON, who also writes under the name TAMARA EDER, grew up with a fascination for nature and the diversity of life. Encouraged by her parents, Tamara was equipped from the age of six with a canoe, a dip net and a note pad. She has a degree in environmental conservation sciences and has photographed and written about the biodiversity in Bermuda, the Galapagos Islands, the Amazon Basin, China, Tibet, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia. When she is not traveling, Tamara enjoys writing and studying biodiversity. To date, she has authored or co-authored more than two dozen nature books.

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