9780816076963-0816076960-Asteroids, Meteorites, and Comets (Solar System)

Asteroids, Meteorites, and Comets (Solar System)

ISBN-13: 9780816076963
ISBN-10: 0816076960
Edition: 2nd Revised ed.
Author: Linda T Elkins-Tanton
Publication date: 2010
Publisher: Facts on File
Format: Hardcover 270 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780816076963
ISBN-10: 0816076960
Edition: 2nd Revised ed.
Author: Linda T Elkins-Tanton
Publication date: 2010
Publisher: Facts on File
Format: Hardcover 270 pages

Summary

Asteroids, Meteorites, and Comets (Solar System) (ISBN-13: 9780816076963 and ISBN-10: 0816076960), written by authors Linda T Elkins-Tanton, was published by Facts on File in 2010. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other Astronomy (Astronomy & Space Science, Comets, Meteors & Asteroids) books. You can easily purchase or rent Asteroids, Meteorites, and Comets (Solar System) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Astronomy books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.59.

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Discusses the solar system bodies that are not one of the nine planets or their moons, including asteroids in the main asteroid belt as well as throughout the rest of the solar system, comets from both the Kuiper belt and from the much more distant Oort cloud, and the interplanetary dust left in their wakes. Also discussed are the discoveries of various asteroids, the nature of meteorites and impact craters, the orbits, sizes, and compositions of asteroids, along with the correlations scientists have made between meteorite classes and asteroids.

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