Meteors
By: Simon Rose
Series: Space science
Publisher: Weigl Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781616906344; 9781616906382
Subjects: Meteors; Juvenile literature
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: What are meteors?; title: Asteroids and comets; title: History and exploration; title: Meteor showers; title: Leonids; title: Perseids; title: Orionids; title: Geminids; title: Observing meteor showers; title: Meteor showers calendar; title: Meteorites; title: The composition of meteorites; title: Meteorite size; title: The Willamette meteorite; title: The Peekskill meteorite; title: The Sikhote-alin meteorite; title: The Tunguska event; title: Meteor impacts; title: Meteor craters; title: Meteor crater, Arizona; title: The Chicxulub crater; title: Meteors in the solar system; title: Test your knowledge.