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Explores how comets, meteors, and asteroids move through our solar system, and explains the ingredients that make a comet's tail and other topics
Author : Seymour Simon
Publisher : Paw Prints
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,61 MB
Release : 2009-06
Category : Asteroids
ISBN : 9781442057449
Explores how comets, meteors, and asteroids move through our solar system, and explains the ingredients that make a comet's tail and other topics
Author : Mary-Jane Knight
Publisher : Fast Track: Our Solar System
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,14 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Asteroids
ISBN : 9781781213681
"Asteroids, comets, and other space rocks rush around the solar system. Learn about these fascinating flying masses and their place in the solar system."
Author : Ron Miller
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 38,63 MB
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761372792
From earliest times, humans have wondered about the sky above them and have studied all visible objects. People began to identify differences between stars and planets, and as technology advanced with telescopes and space probes, they sought deeper understanding of the millions of bits of debris rocketing through the solar system. Scientists determined that most of these objects are left over from the creation of the planets and their moons. They classified these leftovers into categories such as asteroids, comets, and meteors. In this book, we'll explore seven wonders of asteroids, comets, and meteors. Ceres is a huge mountain-sized asteroid that orbits with other asteroids between Mars and Jupiter. Other marvels include Ganymede, the largest asteroid in the group called Earthgrazers or Near-Earth Objects, and Halley's comet, a ball of ice, that passes Earth every seventy-five or so years. We'll also explore the amazing impact that space debris can have on planets and moons. The Borealis Basin, a wondrous crater more than 5,000 miles across, formed when an asteroid collided with Mars in the ancient past. Then we will travel to the far-off Kuiper belt, where as many as 200 million icy bodies orbit, and wonder at the mystery of planetlike objects, such as Pluto and Charon. Finally, we’ll can experience a space wonder firsthand by standing outside on a night in August to watch the spectacular Perseid meteor shower fill the sky.
Author : Rosalind Mist
Publisher : QED Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,16 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Asteroids
ISBN : 9781845389666
"An introduction to asteroids, comets, and meteors, including what they are made of, where they are, and how they interact with other bodies of the solar system"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Dennis B. Fradin
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 19,26 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780516017235
Describes in simple terms the meteors, comets, and asteroids that are part of our solar system and discusses the various theories concerning their origin and their effect on life on Earth.
Author : Steven N. Koppes
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 50,35 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780822528616
Describes the role that collisions with meteors, comets, and asteroids have played in the history of Earth and other planets in the solar system and examines what is being done to protect Earth from future collisions.
Author : Robin Kerrod
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 24,12 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780822539056
Introduces asteroids, comets and meteors, including their origin, composition, orbits, and effects on Earth and other bodies in the solar system.
Author : Ron Miller
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 29,13 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761323635
Chronicles the formation of the solar system, particularly how asteroids, comets, and meteors were formed, and relates how astronomers learn about the existence and characteristics of these bodies.
Author : Gregory Vogt
Publisher : Raintree
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 22,82 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780739831120
Explains the differences between comets, asteroids, and meteors, describes the various kinds of small objects that may be found in the solar system, and provides information on the search for these phenomena.
Author : Cynthia Pratt Nicolson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,15 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Asteroids
ISBN : 9781550745801
Describes the characteristics of comets, asteroids, and meteorites, and suggests a variety of simple experiments.