comets

Provides information about comets and meteors, describing Halley's Comet, asteroids, meteorites, the Hubble Telescope, and more.

"Rosetta isn't the first probe that's been sent to study comets, but it's the most successful as the first spacecraft to closely observe a comet as it approaches the sun. For 10 years, Rosetta moved around the Solar System, just so it could finally meet up with the right comet and release a lander to further study it. Readers learn about Rosetta's...journey from just an idea to a...robot with solar-charging batteries and other special features"--Amazon.com.

Provides information about asteroids, comets, and meteoroids, explaining what they are, what they look like, and where they are located in the solar system, and more.

Presents information on the different tupes of celestial matter known as asteroids, comets, and meteors and on what scientists learned from the impact of a comet on the surface of Jupiter.

Introductory guide to space introduces young readers to comets and meteors.

Bill Nye the Science Guy answers questions about comets and meteors and conducts an experiment that demonstrates the shape of an elliptical orbit.

An illustrated introduction to space science that teaches basic facts about comets and meteors.

Explores Pluto and the other ice dwarfs in our solar system.

Explores what comets are and where they come from in outer space, examining how human beings have thought about and studied comets in the past and today.

"Caroline Herschel was the first woman to discover a comet and the first woman to be paid as a scientist."--Provided by publisher.