When Venetia Burney's grandfather reads aloud from the newspaper about a new discovery--a "ninth major planet" that has yet to be named--her eleven-year-old mind starts whirring. She is studying the planets in school and loves Roman mythology. "It might be called Pluto," she says, thinking of the dark underworld. Grandfather loves the idea and contacts his friend at London's Royal Astronomical Society. - Amazon.com
Record details
ISBN:1524768324
ISBN:9781524768324
ISBN:1524768316
ISBN:9781524768317
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 30 cm print
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York : Schwartz & Wade books, [2019]
Summary: When Venetia Burney's grandfather reads aloud from the newspaper about a new discovery--a "ninth major planet" that has yet to be named--her eleven-year-old mind starts whirring. She is studying the planets in school and loves Roman mythology. "It might be called Pluto," she says, thinking of the dark underworld. Grandfather loves the idea and contacts his friend at London's Royal Astronomical Society. - Amazon.com