| Description |
256 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
Comets and asteroids are among the Solar System's very oldest inhabitants. This book tells the story of these enigmatic celestial objects, revealing how scientists are using them to help understand a crucial time in our history--the birth of the Solar System, and everything contained within it. |
| Contents |
A 4.6-billion-year journey into the deep freeze -- Comets and asteroids on earth -- Shooting stars and space dust -- Water and life on earth and in space -- Taking the science to space -- The Stardust mission -- The Rosetta mission -- Space mining -- Mission 'Save Planet Earth'. |
| Subject |
Solar system -- Origin.
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Comets.
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Asteroids.
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SCIENCE / Space Science.
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SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General.
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| ISBN |
9781472955012 (paperback) |
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1472955013 (paperback) |
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9781472944009 (hardcover) |
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1472944003 (hardcover) |
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