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Author
Pub. Date
1999
Description
Meteorites and Their Parent Planets provides an engrossing overview of a highly interdisciplinary field - the study of extraterrestrial materials. The second edition of this successful book has been thoroughly revised, and describes the nature of meteorites, where they come from, and how they get to Earth. Meteorites offer important insights into processes in stars and in interstellar regions, the birth of our solar system, the formation and evolution...
28) Shooting stars
Author
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Explains what shooting stars are, what they are made of, and what happens to them when they land on Earth.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Four years ago, a strange meteorite crashed to Earth carrying a powerful secret. Ash and Pikachu travel to the futuristic city of Larousse where they meet Tory, a new friend who is afraid of Pokemon and their trainers. New fears surface when a mysterious aurora appears over the city along with Deoxys, a Pokemon unlike any seen before. When a spectacular battle between Deoxys and Rayquaza begins, Ash and Pikachu will need help to stop it.
Author
Pub. Date
[1993]
Description
Could we have come from the stars? Some specialists in extraterrestrial matters ask: could meteorites - those mysterious black stones that fall from the sky and terrified the ancients - and micrometeorites - minuscule grains of cosmic dust new to the scientific scene - hold the secret of the origins of life? Would it not be a strange destiny for humans, who risk being decimated by an enormous meteorite - as were probably the dinosaurs sixty-five million...
32) Down to earth
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Ten-year-old aspiring geologist Henry Bower investigates the meteorite that crash lands in the hayfield, discovering a rock that will change his family, his town, and even himself.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Asteroids, meteorites, comets, and more! Join Jet along with his friends Sydney, Sean, and Mindy as they take off on exciting outer space explorations. Watch as Jet's mom zooms the kids to space in their flying saucer, as the kids conduct a series of tests to determine if a unique rock is indeed a meteorite, and as the neighborhood hosts a stargazing party!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Studies comets, asteroids and meteorites and answers suchquestions 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.
Author
Series
Adventures of Tintin volume 9
Pub. Date
c1978
Formats
Description
The classic graphic novel. A meteorite collides with Earth! Tintin is part of the expedition to the Arctic Ocean to locate the fallen star. But they aren't the only ones hungry to make the new discovery-someone is trying to sabotage Tintin and his team!
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