Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids

By Seymour Simon and Herbert Spencer Zim

Book Overview

Whether they appear as distant specks in an astronomer's telescope or shoot brilliantly across the evening sky, comets, meteors, and asteroids have fascinated sky gazers throughout history. But where... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439051495
• ISBN13: 9780439051491
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Helpful for lying on your back on a warm summer's night!

We're giving this book as a gift after having enjoyed it with our own family. We're amateur "stargazers", and our young friends enjoyed having this book as reference during visits with us. It's difficult to explain certain terms regarding the evening skies. This book helps to clarify, and does so beautifully!