comets

Discusses the physical features of comets and meteors in and around the solar system, covering how they are formed, how they are observed from Earth, what scientists can learn from them, and what happens when they hit objects such as the Moon or a planet.

The sky is filled with much to see. We see the sun during the day and the moon and stars at night. But you can see other interesting things as welllike bright lights with tails and objects that shoot straight through the stars! These things are asteroids and comets. Learn all about them in this book.

Presents the galaxy's most active, far traveling, and smallest inhabitants, comets and asteroids.

Discusses unusual sky phenomena and how they affected our earliest ancestors, giving rise to superstitions and myths.

Describes asteroids, comets, and meteoroids, including what they are and how scientists research them.

Discusses the characteristics and composition of comets and meteors, explains the myths and mysteries attributed to them, and includes chapters on Halley's Comet, the Oort Cloud, meteor and comet showers, and Shoemaker-Levy 9's recent strike on Jupiter.

Describes works of art that have been inspired by the appearance of comets. The title was published to accompany the exhibit, FIRE AND ICE, at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution.

Explains how to learn about stars, constellations, comets, and other astronomical phenomena by studying the sky without a telescope.

Describes comets, asteroids, and meteors.