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Comets Meteors and Meteorites


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Rogue Asteroids and Doomsday Comets: The Search for the Million Megaton Menace That Threatens Life on Earth
Rogue Asteroids and Doomsday Comets: The Search for the Million Megaton Menace That Threatens Life on Earth
by Duncan Steel
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Could a giant asteroid or comet crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it? Many astronomers who once discredited the risks are now convinced. You will be too after reading Duncan Steel's critically acclaimed examination of the evidence of Earth's... (read more)

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Impact!: The Threat of Comets and Asteroids
Impact!: The Threat of Comets and Asteroids
by Gerrit L Verschuur
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Most scientists now agree that some sixty-five million years ago, an immense comet slammed into the Yucatan, detonating a blast twenty million times more powerful than the largest hydrogen bomb, punching a hole ten miles deep in the earth. Trillions of... (read more)

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Supernova :the violent death of a star
Supernova :the violent death of a star
by Donald Goldsmith
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Nearly 160,000 years ago, a star in the Large Magellanic Cloud (a galaxy close to our own Milky Way) erupted in a majestic, violent death. Traveling at the speed of light, the radiation from this explosion reached Earth on February 23, 1987. The... (read more)

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Comet Hale-Bopp Book, Guide to an Awe-Inspiring Visitor from Deep Space
Comet Hale-Bopp Book, Guide to an Awe-Inspiring Visitor from Deep Space
by Thomas Hockey
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A fascinating introduction to the recently discovered Comet Hale-Bopp that will soon burst onto the celestial scene. The comet will be one of the most-studied and perhaps brightest. It arrives on the heels of other recent comets in the "year of the comet"... (read more)

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Comet
Comet
by Carl Sagan
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-384) and indexes.... (read more)

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Halley & His Comet
Halley & His Comet
by Peter Lancaster Brown
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