{"product_id":"the-asteroid-belt-yb-nayon-publishing-9798187445202","title":"The Asteroid Belt: A Complete Guide to Space Rocks, Ceres, Vesta, Meteorites, Planetary Defense, the DART Mission, and Asteroid Mining for Kids Ages 8","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDid you know that the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is\u003cbr\u003emostly empty space - so empty that every spacecraft we have ever sent\u003cbr\u003ethrough it has passed safely without hitting a single rock? That\u003cbr\u003emeteorites falling to Earth carry amino acids, the building blocks of\u003cbr\u003elife, that formed in space billions of years ago? That in September 2022, \u003cbr\u003ehumanity deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid and\u003cbr\u003esuccessfully changed its orbit for the first time in history? And that\u003cbr\u003ethe dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid impact - but that same\u003cbr\u003eimpact may have eventually led to the rise of humans?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside this book, readers will discover: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Real Asteroid Belt\u003c\/b\u003e - Why the densely packed asteroid\u003cbr\u003efields of science fiction movies are completely wrong, how empty the\u003cbr\u003ereal belt actually is, and why it still matters enormously as a\u003cbr\u003escientific treasure chest from the solar system's earliest history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCeres: The Dwarf Planet\u003c\/b\u003e - The largest object in the asteroid\u003cbr\u003ebelt and the only dwarf planet in the inner solar system, revealed by\u003cbr\u003eNASA's Dawn spacecraft to have mysterious bright spots of sodium\u003cbr\u003ecarbonate salt, evidence of a subsurface ocean, and a cryovolcanic\u003cbr\u003edome that formed within the past 200 million years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVesta: A Planetary Embryo\u003c\/b\u003e - The second largest asteroid, a\u003cbr\u003edifferentiated world with an iron core, a basaltic crust, and two\u003cbr\u003eenormous ancient impact craters covering most of its southern\u003cbr\u003ehemisphere, connected to the HED meteorites that rain down on Earth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHow the Belt Formed\u003c\/b\u003e - Why no planet ever formed between\u003cbr\u003eMars and Jupiter, the role of Jupiter's gravity in disrupting planet\u003cbr\u003eformation, the dramatic Grand Tack hypothesis in which Jupiter migrated\u003cbr\u003einward through the solar system and back, and how this migration may\u003cbr\u003ehave delivered Earth's water\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNear-Earth Asteroids\u003c\/b\u003e - The thousands of asteroids with\u003cbr\u003eorbits that bring them close to Earth, how they escape from the main\u003cbr\u003ebelt through gravitational resonances, and the famous Apophis asteroid\u003cbr\u003ewhose discovery briefly suggested a 2.7 percent chance of hitting Earth\u003cbr\u003ein 2029\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMeteorites\u003c\/b\u003e - How pieces of asteroids travel from the belt\u003cbr\u003eto Earth over millions of years, the different types of meteorites and\u003cbr\u003ewhat they reveal about their parent bodies, why Antarctica is the best\u003cbr\u003eplace on Earth to find meteorites, and what the amino acids in\u003cbr\u003ecarbonaceous chondrites tell us about the origin of life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAsteroid Mining\u003c\/b\u003e - The staggering mineral wealth contained\u003cbr\u003ein metallic asteroids, why water is actually the most immediately\u003cbr\u003evaluable asteroid resource for space exploration, the technical\u003cbr\u003echallenges of mining in near-zero gravity, and the commercial companies\u003cbr\u003eand government programs already developing plans for asteroid resource\u003cbr\u003eutilization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery chapter ends with a \u003cb\u003eDid You Know?\u003c\/b\u003e feature packed with\u003cbr\u003eextraordinary facts, and the book includes a comprehensive 31-term\u003cbr\u003eglossary of asteroid and planetary science vocabulary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for: \u003c\/b\u003e Middle grade students ages 8 to 12 in grades 3\u003cbr\u003ethrough 7. School science projects and reports on asteroids, the solar\u003cbr\u003esystem, space exploration, planetary defense, and the origin of life.\u003cbr\u003eTeachers and homeschool educators. Science fair projects. Any young\u003cbr\u003ereader fascinated by space rocks, ancient catastrophes, and humanity's\u003cbr\u003eplan to defend Earth from asteroid impacts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe rocky middle ground of the solar system shaped Earth's past\u003cbr\u003eand may determine its future. This book tells the complete story.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yb-Nayon Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798187445202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.20d","brand":"Yb-Nayon Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084322775295,"sku":"9798187445202","price":7.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-asteroid-belt-yb-nayon-publishing-9798187445202","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}