Meteors, meteorites, and meteoroids
By: Ray Spangenburg and Kit Moser
Contributors: Moser, Diane, 1944-
Series: Out of this world; Out of this world (Franklin Watts, Inc.)
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780531119259
Subjects: Meteors; Meteoroids; Juvenile literature; Meteorites
Description: Explores the mysteries of rocks that travel vast distances through space, sometimes passing through Earth's atmosphere and sometimes landing on the surface.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 101) and index.
Table of contents: title: Space rocks!; title: Meteors: nature's fireworks; title: Meteorites: rocks from the sky; title: The great hunt; title: Big impacts and earth's scars; title: Meteoroids: source material; title: Keeping watch; title: Clues to the universe.