Stargazers
- ISBN-10
- 082340983X
- ISBN-13
- 9780823409839
- Series
- Stargazers
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Author
- Gail Gibbons
Description
Tells what stars are, why they twinkle, how constellations were named, how telescopes are used to study stars, and more.
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- 2010
- 82 pages
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