Pluto

ISBN-10
0516411756
ISBN-13
9780516411750
Series
Pluto
Pages
48
Language
English
Published
1989
Publisher
Childrens Press
Author
Dennis Brindell Fradin

Description

Discusses the ninth planet, how it was named, and the information astronomers have gathered about it.

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