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A look at comets / Ray Spangenburg and Kit Moser.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Out of this world (Franklin Watts, Inc.)Publication details: New York : F. Watts, c2003.Description: 112 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0531166864
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 523.6 22
LOC classification:
  • QB721.5 .S68 2003
Contents:
Comet tales -- Uncommon visitors -- Where do comets come from? -- Comet close-up -- Colliding worlds -- Finding out more--.
Summary: A comprehensive look at comets, from man's earliest observations of "hairy stars," to recent sightings of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Halle-Bopp, to future space missions to study comets in the outer solar system.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Non Fiction MVS Library Main room-Teen/Adult B- Nonfiction (Teen/Adult) 523.6 Spa (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 401000
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523.48 Tab A look at Neptune / 523.48 Toc A look at Pluto / 523.6 Sag Comet / 523.6 Spa A look at comets / 523.8 Gal The life stories of stars / 523.8 Kal Stars / 523.8 Rid The monthly sky guide /

Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-103) and index.

Comet tales -- Uncommon visitors -- Where do comets come from? -- Comet close-up -- Colliding worlds -- Finding out more--.

Library Media Connection, April 2004

A comprehensive look at comets, from man's earliest observations of "hairy stars," to recent sightings of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Halle-Bopp, to future space missions to study comets in the outer solar system.

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