Meteors
Author: Melissa Stewart
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 1426319436
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes what are meteorites, and where do they come from?
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National Geographic Readers: Meteors
Author: Melissa Stewart
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Published: 2015-01-06
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 1426319452
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBlast off on a trip to discover the fascinating world of meteors. In this image-packed book, kids will learn all about these objects hurtling through space—and into our atmosphere. This level 3 reader is written in an easy-to-grasp style to encourage the scientists and explorers of tomorrow!
Falling Stars
Author: Mike D. Reynolds
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2010-06-18
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 0811742210
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMonth-by-month information on meteor showers and how to make the most of watching them. Advice on starting and building a meteorite collection plus the scientific explanation of what meteors are and where they come from. Includes new information about recent space exploration and studies of meteors.
Meteoroids
Author: Galina O. Ryabova
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-10-10
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1108683584
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis definitive guide provides advanced students and researchers with a detailed yet accessible overview of all of the central topics of meteor science. Leading figures from the field summarise their active research on themes ranging from the physical composition of meteoroids to the most recent optical and radar observations and ongoing theoretical developments. Crucial practical issues are also considered, such as the risk posed by meteoroids - to spacecraft, and on the ground - and future avenues of research are explored. Taking advantage of the latest dynamical models, insights are offered into meteor flight phenomena and the evolution of meteoroid streams and complexes, as well as describing the in-depth laboratory analysis of recovered material. The rapid rate of progress in twenty-first-century research makes this volume essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand how recent developments broaden our understanding of meteors, meteoroids and their origins.
Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors
Author: Dennis B. Fradin
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9780516017235
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes in simple terms the meteors, comets, and asteroids that are part of our solar system and discusses the various theories concerning their origin and their effect on life on Earth.
Meteor Showers and their Parent Comets
Author: Peter Jenniskens
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006-09-14
Total Pages: 804
ISBN-13: 1316347826
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMeteor Showers and their Parent Comets is a unique handbook for astronomers interested in observing meteor storms and outbursts. Spectacular displays of 'shooting stars' are created when the Earth's orbit crosses a meteoroid stream, as each meteoroid causes a bright light when it enters our atmosphere at high speed. Jenniskens, an active meteor storm chaser, explains how meteoroid streams originate from the decay of meteoroids, comets and asteroids, and how they cause meteor showers on Earth. He includes the findings of recent space missions to comets and asteroids, the risk of meteor impacts on Earth, and how meteor showers may have seeded the Earth with ingredients that made life possible. All known meteor showers are identified, accompanied by fascinating details on the most important showers and their parent comets. The book predicts when exceptional meteor showers will occur over the next fifty years, making it a valuable resource for both amateur and professional astronomers.
Meteors and Meteorites
Author: Martin Beech
Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781861268259
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe earth is bombarded both day and night by meteoroids and meteorites. These wayward bodies--small fragments derived from aging comets and the collisions between asteroids--are observed in the Earth’s upper atmosphere as meteors and brilliant fireballs. Written with the amateur astronomer in mind, this book includes step-by-step guidance on visual observation and analyzing data, practical projects that demonstrate how the observer can gather scientifically useful data, and instructions on how to identify and photograph meteor trails.
Meteor!
Author: Patricia Polacco
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1996-08-08
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 0698114108
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe meteor that crash lands in the middle of Grandma and Grandpa Gaw's yard sets off a chain of events that brings magic to the residents of Mudsock Meadow. A remarkable true-life event comes alive in this reissue of Patricia Polacco's very first picture book.'Based on a true event, this enchanting book overwhelmingly expresses the magic that suddenly pervades a small town, from the funny, folksy way the story is told to the imaginative, full-color illustrations.' ?Publishers Weekly'Polacco's full-color pictures are completely in tandem with the tellingE' ?Booklist (starred review)
American Meteor
Author: Norman Lock
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Published: 2015-05-18
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1934137952
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA scrappy Brooklyn orphan turned vengeful assassin narrates a visionary tale of the American West In this panoramic tale of Manifest Destiny—the second stand-alone book in The American Novels series—Stephen Moran comes of age with the young country that he crosses on the Union Pacific, just as the railroad unites the continent. Propelled westward from his Brooklyn neighborhood and the killing fields of the Civil War to the Battle of Little Big Horn, he befriends Walt Whitman, receives a medal from General Grant, becomes a bugler on President Lincoln’s funeral train, goes to work for railroad mogul Thomas Durant, apprentices with frontier photographer William Henry Jackson, and stalks General George Custer. When he comes face-to-face with Crazy Horse, his life will be spared but his dreams haunted for the rest of his days. By turns elegiac and comic, American Meteor is a novel of adventure, ideas, and mourning: a unique vision of America’s fabulous and murderous history. Norman Lock is the award-winning author of novels, short fiction, and poetry, as well as stage and radio plays. He lives in Aberdeen, New Jersey, where he is at work on the next books of The American Novels series.
Meteors in the Earth's Atmosphere
Author: Edmond Murad
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002-09-05
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780521804318
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive overview of the extraterrestrial matter that falls to Earth from space.
