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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 : 32,1 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 : Steven N. Koppes
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 34,9 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 : Mary-Jane Knight
Publisher : Fast Track: Our Solar System
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,62 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 : Cynthia Pratt Nicolson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,91 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Asteroids
ISBN : 9781550745801
Describes the characteristics of comets, asteroids, and meteorites, and suggests a variety of simple experiments.
Author : Ron Miller
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 26,53 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 : Seymour Simon
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 28,13 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Asteroids
ISBN : 9780439051491
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 : Linda T. Elkins-Tanton
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 30,24 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1438131860
Praise for the previous edition:" ... offer[s] detail-rich discussions ..."
Author : Roy A. Gallant
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 47,1 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761410348
An introduction to the celestial phenomena of asteroids, meteoroids and meteorites, and comets.
Author : Nicholas Faulkner
Publisher : Britannica Educational Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,25 MB
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1680488759
This fascinating text is a perfect companion for any student interested in a more authoritative source on the subject of asteroids, meteors, meteorites, and comets. Readers will learn, following the Next Generation Science Standards in the area of the Earth and the solar system, the scientific differences between these four celestial objects. They'll also study their features, compositions, characteristics, classifications, and history of their observation. This book is perfect for the student doing a report on the subject or one who is curious about the space sciences and would like detailed information instead of a general overview.
Author : Mike D. Reynolds
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 29,54 MB
Release : 2010-06-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 0811742210
Month-by-month information on meteor showers and how to make the most of watching them. Advice on starting and building a meteorite collection plus the scientific explanation of what meteors are and where they come from. Includes new information about recent space exploration and studies of meteors.