Explore Comets And Asteroids

Author : Anita Yasuda
Publisher : Nomad Press
ISBN 13 : 1619305135
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explore Comets and Asteroids! written by Anita Yasuda and published by Nomad Press. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wished on a shooting star? Shooting stars often appear when the earth passes through the dust and debris left by a passing comet. Explore Comets and Asteroids! With 25 Amazing Projects takes readers ages 7 to 10 on a fantastic journey through space, where they investigate comets, asteroids, and lesser-known space wonders through 25 experiments and activities designed for curious kids. Readers learn about everything from the first asteroid discovered to many current spacecraft missions. They also investigate famous comets, such Halley’s comet, which returns faithfully every 75 or 76 years. Learning about comets and asteroids means asking lots of questions. Could we live and work on asteroids? Why do we only occasionally see comets? Kids find the answers and more through hands-on projects and experiments that encourage them to be curious about how and why things work. Activities range from mapping the positions of celestial objects to designing spacecraft for asteroid missions. By combining science with activities, fun facts, and cartoons, kids will investigate, create, design, test, and redesign. Explore Comets and Asteroids! inspires kids to want to know more about how these rocky worlds formed and how they may have shaped life on Earth.

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 : Helen Orme
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Learning Library
ISBN 13 : 9780836879476
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let's Explore Comets and Asteroids written by Helen Orme and published by Gareth Stevens Learning Library. This book was released on 2007 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information about asteroids and comets, including what they are made of and where they are found.

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.

Author : Rosalind Mist
Publisher : QED Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781845389666
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asteroids, Comets and Meteors written by Rosalind Mist and published by QED Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 : David Anthony
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1534522751
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring Comets and Asteroids written by David Anthony and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We think of space as being empty, but that isn’t quite true. In addition to stars, planets, and moons, there are asteroids and comets. Asteroids are rocks that orbit the sun. Comets are chunks of ice and dust that form on the edges of the solar system. This book takes readers on a fun journey into space.

Author : Natalie Starkey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472944038
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catching Stardust written by Natalie Starkey and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A promising debut.' New Scientist Icy, rocky, sometimes dusty, always mysterious – comets and asteroids are among the Solar System's very oldest inhabitants, formed within a swirling cloud of gas and dust in the area of space that eventually hosted the Sun and its planets. Locked within each of these extra-terrestrial objects is the 4.6-billion-year wisdom of Solar System events, and by studying them at close quarters using spacecraft we can coerce them into revealing their closely-guarded secrets. This offers us the chance to answer some fundamental questions about our planet and its inhabitants. Exploring comets and asteroids also allows us to shape the story of Earth's future, enabling us to protect our precious planet from the threat of a catastrophic impact from space, and maybe to even recover valuable raw materials from them. This cosmic bounty could be as useful in space as it is on Earth, providing the necessary fuel and supplies for humans as they voyage into deep space to explore more distant locations within the Solar System. Catching Stardust tells the story of these enigmatic celestial objects, revealing how scientists are using them to help understand a crucial time in our history – the birth of the Solar System, and everything contained within it.

Author : Seymour Simon
Publisher : Paw Prints
ISBN 13 : 9781442057449
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids written by Seymour Simon and published by Paw Prints. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 0 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

Author : Andrew S. Rivkin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313344337
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guide to the Universe: Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets written by Andrew S. Rivkin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geared toward students, this guide provides an overview of the small bodies that orbit the sun. This volume in the Greenwood Guides to the Universe series covers asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets—those small bodies that revolve the Sun—and provides readers with the most up-to-date understanding of the current state of scientific knowledge about them. Scientifically sound, but written with the student in mind, Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets is an excellent first step for researching the exciting scientific discoveries of the smallest celestial bodies in the solar system. The book will introduce students to all of the areas of research surrounding the subject, answering many intriguing questions. It defines a dwarf planet and explains why Pluto is one. It looks at how such small bodies form, what they are made of, and what kind of atmospheres might they have. And it asks—and answers—whether asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets present a hazard to the Earth or to spacecraft.

Author : Alice Harman
Publisher : 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'
ISBN 13 : 1725320304
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asteroids and Comets written by Alice Harman and published by 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your readers will get the chance to explore space from the comfort of Earth. They'll experience what it's like to fly through space and see asteroids and comets up-close. Exciting facts grab readers' attention while photographs show exactly what these amazing space objects look like. Manageable text makes this book perfect for developing readers and young space explorers.