Rocks from Space (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780878423736)

This popular nontechnical introduction to the fascinating world of meteorites, asteroids, comets, and impact craters is now even better With more than 50 new photographs and updated illustrations, new and expanded appendixes, and some fun cosmic humor, Rocks from Space, Second Edition, journeys into the last frontier for close-up looks at the latest astronomical discoveries. Relive the thrill of seeing Comet Hale-Bopp as it streaked through the dark sky. Watch Pathfinder bump its way across the surface of Mars--while you ponder whether life really exists on the red planet. View photos of the impact scar--twice the size of Earth-where Comet Shoemaker/Levy collided with Jupiter. And learn the latest on meteorite chemistry and classification.

Author: O. Richard Norton
ISBN-10: 0878423737
ISBN-13: 9780878423736
Publisher: Mountain Press
Language: English
Published: 06/15/1998
Pages: 447
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.02w x 1.10d