书名：13 Planets: The Latest View of the Solar System美国国家地理: 13颗行星

难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数1120L 

读者对象：8 - 12岁 

作者：David A. Aguilar 

出版社名称：National Geographic Children's Books 

出版时间：2011 

语种：英语 

ISBN：9781426307706 

商品尺寸：23.5 x 1 x 23.8 cm 

包装：精装 

页数：64（以实物为准）

13 Planets: The Latest View of the Solar System《美国国家地理: 13颗行星》的作者兼插图画家戴维·A·阿吉拉用栩栩如生的精彩插图让我们领略到神秘的太空景象，新的天文资讯让你对太阳系一览无遗！本书以深入浅出的文字、科学的数据、栩栩如生的图片对太阳系里的13颗行星一一加以介绍：行星距离太阳的远近如何、名称的由来、有哪些突出特点、有无卫星环绕、卫星有何特点等等。还介绍了科学家关于宇宙的新发现和新理论，如火星上有没有水、大约50亿年以后太阳系有可能如何终结、太阳系外的行星系统、人类寻找与地球相似的行星的进展等，是一本有趣且内容丰富的少儿天文科普书。

First, Pluto left. Then it came back, along with Ceres and Eris...and now Haumea and MakeMake, too! The recent actions of the International Astronomical Union have put every solar system book out of date. In response, National Geographic joins forces with David Aguilar of the Harvard Smithsonian Astronomical Observatory to revise our 2008 book—and to update young readers on the high-interest topic of space. Using simple text and spectacular photorealistic computer art by the author, this book profiles all 13 planets in their newly created categories—plus the sun, the Oort Cloud, comets, and other worlds being discovered. Back-of-the-book activities offer hands-on fun for budding astronomers.

戴维·A.阿吉拉，是哈佛—史密松天体物理中心科学信息处的主任，此前曾担任过美国科罗拉多大学博尔德分校菲斯克天文馆和科学中心的主任。除了是一位获奖作家和太空插画家，他也喜欢制造望远镜，将哈佛大学和史密松研究所的天文探索发现分享给全世界。他还走进教室，为学生们讲述天文学的新发现。他曾出现在探索频道《宇宙》栏目中的“外星人之眼”里，他的画作在美国各地的美术馆展出。为了表彰他在科学教育方面的杰出贡献，国际天文学联合会将小行星“1990 DA”以他的名字命名。

David A. Aguilar is the author and illustrator of several books from National Geographic. His 13 Planets: The Latest View of the Solar System received the Eureka! Nonfiction Children's Book Gold Award from the California Reading Association. His writings are widely recognized for their ability to communicate the wonderment of science to enthusiasts of all ages. He is the originator of the Science Discovery program at the University of Colorado, Boulder; the popular host of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Observatory Nights program; and the past director of the Fiske Planetarium.