asteroids

Describes the location and content of the asteroid belt, the formation and composition of asteroids, and the history of collisions between asteroids and the earth.

Tells all about asteroids, the starlike minor planets that number in the thousands and circle the sun.

An introduction to the celestial phenomena of asteroids, meteoroids and meteorites, and comets.

Discusses the possibility of the earth being hit by an asteroid or comet, looking at the history of such crashes on the earth, where a cosmic collision is believed to have wiped out the dinosaurs, and studying the recent impact of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter in 1994.

Explains how comets and asteroids form, what they are made of, and how they are studied by astronomers, and presents facts on specific comets, asteroids, and meteorites.

"Provides scientific information about asteroids, comets, and meteoroids"--Provided by publisher.

Describes the origins, characteristics, and behavior of comets, meteors, and the largest of the space rocks, asteroids.

Discusses asteroids, comets, and meteorites, explaining where they come from, how they were formed, and what effect these voyagers from space have when they streak past the Earth or plummet to its surface.