Bibliograph

Asteroids, comets, and meteors, [writer, Nicholas Kilzer]

Type

Label

Asteroids, comets, and meteors, [writer, Nicholas Kilzer]

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

Ages 9-13

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Asteroids, comets, and meteors

Oclc number

1142912215

Responsibility statement

[writer, Nicholas Kilzer]

Series statement

Our solar system

Summary

""Presents facts about the composition and history of exploration of asteroids, comets, and meteors and features large illustrations and photographs."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The smaller residents of the solar system -- Asteroids: not quite planets -- What asteroids look like -- Asteroid shapes -- The main asteroid belt -- Asteroid composition -- Near-Earth asteroids -- Asteroid preparedness -- Studying asteroids -- Hayabusa2: shooting an asteroid -- An interstellar visitor -- Comets -- The heart of a comet -- Regular visitors --The Kuiper belt -- The oort cloud -- Famous comets -- Exploring comets -- Landing on a comet -- Comet impact! -- Comets in history and folklore -- Meteors: visitors from space -- Types of meteorites -- Finding meteorites -- From the moon and Mars! -- The Tunguska event -- Meteor showers -- Russia fireball

Target audience

juvenile

Classification