Orme, Helen.

Let's explore comets and asteroids / Comets and asteroids Helen and David Orme. - 1st. ed. - Tunbridge Wells, Kent : Ticktock Entertainment, 2007. - 24 p. : ill. (chiefly col ; 27 cm. - Blast off . - Orme, Helen. Blast off. .

Includes index.

The solar system -- What is an asteroid? -- Where are asteroids? -- Hunting for asteroids -- What is a comet? -- Where are comets? -- Comets and the Earth -- What can we see? -- Early sightings -- Space missions.

Explains what asteroids and comets are made of and where they come from, describes impacts with Earth, and discusses the history of scientific research into them.

3-6.

0836879473 9780836879476 (lib. bdg.) 9781846960574

2006034715


Asteroids--Juvenile literature.
Comets--Juvenile literature.
Asteroids.
Comets.
Asteroids.
Comets.

QB721.5 / .O76 2007

523.44