Thunderstones and Shooting Stars : The Meaning of Meteorites /

A streak of light crosses the night sky as a bit of extraterrestrial material falls to Earth. Meteorites, which range from particles of dust to massive chunks of metal and rock, bombard the Earth constantly, adding hundreds of tons of new material to our planet each day. What are these objects? How...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dodd, Robert T. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]
Edición:Reprint 2013
Temas:
Astronomie, Kartografie.
Meteorit.
Meteorites.
Météorites.
SCIENCE / General.
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