asteroids

Presents information about asteroids and comets, including fast facts, history, and technology used to study them.

Describes asteroids, meteors, and comets, including their histories, their compositions, and their roles in the solar system.

Simple text and illustrations present interesting facts about space rocks, comets, asteroids, meteorites.

"Introduction to Jupiter, Ceres, and the Asteroids, providing to primary and intermediate grade students information on their features and exploration. Includes fun facts, glossary, resource list and index"--Provided by publisher.

Chronicles the formation of the solar system, particularly how asteroids, comets, and meteors were formed, and relates how astronomers learn about the existence and characteristics of these bodies.

Studies comets, asteroids and meteorites and answers such questions as what they are made of, how comets are predicted, and how big asteroids are, and includes projects designed to help children learn more about them.

Introduces the bodies in space also known as planetoids, minor planets, or when they stray from their paths, meteoroids.

Color photos and diagrams fill this overview of asteroids, comets, and meteors--the "debris of the solar system"--which explains how they are formed and describes famous examples, missions to asteroids and comets, and impacts with Earth. Also includes a glossary and further-reading list.

Introduces asteroids, comets and meteors, including their origin, composition, orbits, and effects on Earth and other bodies in the solar system.

Zooming in from space, asteroids have struck the earth in the past and will do so again in the future. How astronomers search near space for these "flying rocks" and devise ways to avoid an impact that, in a worst-case scenario, could eliminate civilization.