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Meteors and comets / by Gregory L. Vogt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vogt, Gregory L., author.
- Series:
- Early bird astronomy.
- Early bird astronomy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Meteors--Juvenile literature.
- Meteors.
- Comets--Juvenile literature.
- Comets.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Company, [2010]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Have you ever seen a shooting star? What you really saw was a meteor A meteor is actually a chunk of metallic or stony matter - called a meteoroid - that enters the earth's atmosphere from outer space. A comet, on the other hand, is a lump of ice and dust that periodically comes into the center of the solar system from somewhere in its outer reaches. Learn more about meteors and comets in this lively and informative book
- Contents:
- Space rocks and ice balls
- Rocks from the sky
- Ice chunks in space
- Crashing into moons and planets!
- Meteorite and comet hunting.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 45) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-53060-7
- 9786612530609
- 0-7613-5929-X
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