Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites

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Imagine the unique experience of being the very first person to hold a newly-found meteorite in your hand - a rock from space, older than Earth! "Weekend meteorite hunting" with magnets and metal detectors is becoming ever more popular as a pastime, but of course you can't just walk a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Norton, O. Richard (Author), Chitwood, Lawrence (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Series:The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series,
Subjects:
Astronomy-Observations.
Astronomy.
Planetary science.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Planetary Science.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ancient Fragments of the Solar System
  • Interplanetary Dust and Meteors
  • Meteorites: Fragments of Asteroids
  • Meteoroids to Meteorites: Lessons in Survival
  • The Family of Meteorites
  • The Chondrites
  • Primitive and Differentiated Meteorites: Asteroidal Achondrites
  • Differentiated Meteorites: Planetary and Lunar Achondrites
  • Differentiated Meteorites: The Irons
  • Differentiated Meteorites: Stony-Irons
  • A Gallery of Meteorwrongs
  • Collecting and Analyzing Meteorites
  • In the Field
  • From Hand Lens to Microscope.

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