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Heaven's touch
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James B. Kaler |
"As you gaze into the starry sky, you might feel isolated from the Universe around you - but you're not. This book reveals the startling ways life on Earth is touched by our cosmic environment, and d… |
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Halley's Comet
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D. J. Arneson |
A brief guide to comets. Discusses their place in history, various appearances of Halley's Comet and astronomers who have studied comets. |
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Comets and meteors
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Lynda Sorensen |
Describes the nature and movements of comets and meteors and examines what happens to meteors after they hit the Earth. |
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Venus, near neighbor of the Sun
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Isaac Asimov |
A comprehensive discussion of Venus with information on neighboring Mercury, asteroids, and comets. Includes numerous tables and figures. |
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Comets and meteors
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Isaac Asimov |
Discusses the characteristics of comets and meteors and relates famous events connected with them. |
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In the days of the comet
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H. G. Wells |
H. G. Wells, in his 1906 In the Days of the Comet uses the vapors of a comet to trigger a deep and lasting change in humanity's perspective on themselves and the world. In the build-up to a great war… |
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Comet over Nantucket
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Elizabeth Fraser Torjesen |
A fictionalized biography of America's first woman astronomer, who in 1847 discovered a telescopic comet which was later named for her. |
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Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites: Cosmic Invaders of the Earth, 10 vols
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Jon Erickson |
Written in clear, accessible language and attractively illustrated with black-and-white photographs and helpful tables, provides students, researchers, and general readers with the most up-to-date in… |
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Comets
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Martyn Hamer |
Describes the origin, composition, orbit, and speed of different types of comets. |
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