Space Books and Gifts for Space Kids of all Ages

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

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🗓️ 20 November 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Our own Emily Lakdawalla, Planetary Society senior editor and book lover, shares her 2019 list of space books for everyone, from infant to adult. She also presents a list of cool space gifts recommended by scientists and engineers. Bruce Betts provides a tantalizing tease for what could be a brief but massive shower of meteors. And there’s much more to look for in the fall sky. You’ll find links to the complete lists of Emily’s recommended space books and gifts at: https://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2019/1120-2019-lakdawalla-books.html

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0:00.0	Need a great spacebook? Emily has the list this week on planetary radio.
0:07.0	Welcome, I'm at Kaplan of the Planetary Society with more of the human adventure across our
0:16.2	solar system and beyond.
0:18.8	It's that time of year, Planetary Society senior editor Emily Lachuala is back with her annual list of
0:25.6	outstanding books for space nerds of all ages. She'll join me in moments to
0:31.0	list just a few of her faves and she'll read a few
0:34.1	passages. You'll also hear my top picks and will sample Emily's
0:38.1	separate list of great gifts recommended by space Professions.
0:43.0	Bruce Betts is also ahead on this home team edition of our show.
0:47.0	Here are three stories torn from the latest edition of The Downlink,
0:52.0	the Planetary Society's Weekly Digest of Space Exploration and Science
0:56.4	Headlines.
0:58.1	Planetary Society Editorial Director Jason Davis has more waiting for you at planetary.org
1:03.8	slash downlink.
1:06.1	Japan's Hiabusa 2 spacecraft left asteroid Ryugu
1:10.4	after spending nearly a year and a half collecting samples, creating an
1:15.0	artificial crater and deploying small probes. The spacecraft will return its two
1:20.2	samples of Ruyuugu to Earth in about a year. They might tell us more about the origin
1:25.2	and evolution of the solar system. Ultimatooly, no more. That wondrous Kuiper belt object officially known till now as 2014 MU69 has been given
1:37.7	the name Ereukoth by the International Astronomical Union.
1:41.9	The Native American term means sky in the Palhata Algonquian language.
1:47.0	The New Horizon spacecraft famously flew past it on New Year's Day 2019.
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