Introduces asteroids, comets and meteors, including their origin, composition, orbits, and effects on Earth and other bodies in the solar system.
Explores how comets, meteors, and asteroids move through our solar system, and explains the ingredients that make a comet's tail and other topics
Discusses the debris that can be found in the solar system, including how they are formed, what they are made of, and how they were discovered.
Proceedings of IAU Symposium 229 on minor bodies of the solar system, for researchers and graduate students of planetary sciences.
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.
Looks at asteroids, comets and meteorites, including what they are, how they are formed, how they have affected the history of Earth, and definitions of related terms.
Discusses the debris that can be found in the solar system, including how they are formed, what they are made of, and how they were discovered.
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With informative diagrams and NASA photography, this book teaches children about basic astronomy. This volume looks at asteroids, meteors and comets, as well as the technology used to study them.
What are asteroids, comets, and meteors made of?
"Describes the small solar system bodies asteroids, comets, and meteorites"--Provided by publisher.