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Author : Seymour Simon
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0688158439
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids written by Seymour Simon and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1998-05-27 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether they appear as distant specks in an astronomer's telescope or shoot brilliantly across the evening sky, comets, meteors, and asteroids have fascinated sky gazers throughout history. But where do these racing celestial bodies come from, and what can they teach us about our universe? Join Seymour Simon for a look at the fiery mystery and wild wonder of these luminous bodies of night.

Author : Ron Miller
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN 13 : 0761372792
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seven Wonders of Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors written by Ron Miller and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asteroids, Comets, Meteors III written by Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robin Kerrod
Publisher : Lerner Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780822539056
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors written by Robin Kerrod and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces asteroids, comets and meteors, including their origin, composition, orbits, and effects on Earth and other bodies in the solar system.

Author : John Man
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN 13 : 9780789481597
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comets, Meteors and Asteroids written by John Man and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles the smaller, free-ranging bodies that circle the Sun, providing information on their origins, make-up, and the threat they pose to Earth.

Author : A. Milani
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401111480
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1993 written by A. Milani and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE MEETING The IAU Symposium 160 ASTEROIDS COMETS METEORS 1999 has been held at Villa Carlotta in Belgirate, on the shore of Lago Maggiore (Italy), from June 14 to June 18, 1993. It has been organized by the Astronomical Observatory of Torino and by the Lunar and Planetary Institute of Houston. It has been a very large meeting, with 323 registered participants from 38 countries. The scientific program included 29 invited reviews, 106 oral communications, and 215 posters. The subjects covered included all the aspects of the studies of the minor bodies of the solar system, including asteroids, comets, meteors, meteorites, interplanetary dust, with special focus on the interrelationships between these. The meeting was structured as follows. 5 morning plenary sessions have been devoted to invited reviews on: (1) search programs (2) populations of small bodies (3) dynamics (4) physical observations and modelling (5) origin and evolution. Two afternoon plenary sessions have been devoted to space missions to small bodies and to interrelationships between the different populations. The afternoon parallel sessions have been devoted to: dynamics of comets; Toutatis, Ida, Gaspra; physical processes in cometary comae and tails; meteorites; the cosmogonic message from cometary nuclei; physics of asteroids; the interplanetary dust complex; comet nuclei; meteors; composition and material properties of comets; dynamics of asteroids.

Author : Dennis B. Fradin
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
ISBN 13 : 9780516017235
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors written by Dennis B. Fradin and published by Children's Press(CT). This book was released on 1984 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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Download or read book Asteroids, comets, meteors written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Jenniskens
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316347826
Total Pages : 804 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Meteor Showers and their Parent Comets written by Peter Jenniskens and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-09-14 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meteor Showers and their Parent Comets is a unique handbook for astronomers interested in observing meteor storms and outbursts. Spectacular displays of 'shooting stars' are created when the Earth's orbit crosses a meteoroid stream, as each meteoroid causes a bright light when it enters our atmosphere at high speed. Jenniskens, an active meteor storm chaser, explains how meteoroid streams originate from the decay of meteoroids, comets and asteroids, and how they cause meteor showers on Earth. He includes the findings of recent space missions to comets and asteroids, the risk of meteor impacts on Earth, and how meteor showers may have seeded the Earth with ingredients that made life possible. All known meteor showers are identified, accompanied by fascinating details on the most important showers and their parent comets. The book predicts when exceptional meteor showers will occur over the next fifty years, making it a valuable resource for both amateur and professional astronomers.

Author : Seymour Simon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780439051491
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids written by Seymour Simon and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how comets, meteors, and asteroids move through our solar system, and explains the ingredients that make a comet's tail and other topics.