Asteroids, comets & meteors /
Asteroids, comets, and meteors
Giles Sparrow.
- London : Brown Patchworks, c2001.
- 39 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
- Exploring the solar system .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 38) and index.
Debris of the Solar System -- Through the asteroid belt -- Ceres -- Mathilde -- Eros -- How are the asteroids formed -- Discovering asteroids -- Missions to asteroids -- Ride on a comet -- Toward the Sun -- Comet reservoirs -- Understanding comets -- Famous comets -- Missions to comets -- Shooting stars and meteor showers -- Meteorites -- Impact! -- Could humans live there?.