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Comet cycle volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
It began with a comet. At first, people gazed in wonder at the radiant tear in the sky. A year later, the celestial marvel became a planetary crisis when Earth spun through the comet's debris field and the sky rained fire. The town of Northfall, Minnesota will never be the same. Meteors cratered hardwood forests and annihilated homes, and among the wreckage a new metal was discovered. This "omnimetal" has properties that make it world-changing as...
2) Moonfall
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English
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It's the 21st century, and all is right with the world. Or so it seems.
Vice President Charlie Haskell, who will travel anywhere for a photo op, is about to cut the ribbon for the just-completed American Moonbase. The first Mars voyage is about to leave high orbit, with a woman at the helm. Below, the world is marveling at a rare solar eclipse.
But all that is right is about to go disastrously wrong when an amateur astronomer discovers
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English
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Mysterious pictures of stars with tails have been popping up all over Moominvalley and nobody knows what they mean until Muskrat tells Moomintroll they are signs that a comet will appear in the nighttime sky. Moomintroll and his friend Sniff journey to the Observatory to see what they can learn. They hear the alarming news that the comet is headed straight for Moominvalley! With the help of new friends, Moomintroll and Sniff start for home, hoping...
6) Comets
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Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explains what commets are as well as their history and discusses some of the famous comets.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Asteroids and comets: Every year, millions of these 'stray bullets' streak the skies, and tons of small meteorites strike our planet! Some 65 million years ago, dinosaurs were wiped off the face of the earth in what many believe was the aftermath of a massive comet collision. Could something like this happen again? Scientists believe that the impact of an asteroid only a mile wide would be globally catastrophic. Join extraordinary geologist Eugene...
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 2013, a particularly massive chunk of ice and rock is hurtling towards the Atlantic Ocean. The object's size will fascinate billions and should create the space show of the century. Follow scientists on the trail of the once-in-lifetime comet ISON and explore the cultural obsession with these celestial visitors.
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Series
Wanderers volume 1
Language
English
Description
A decadent rock star. A deeply religious radio host. A disgraced scientist. And a teenage girl who may be the world's last hope. In the tradition of The Stand and Station Eleven comes a gripping saga that weaves an epic tapestry of humanity into an astonishing tale of survival. Shana wakes up one morning to discover her little sister in the grip of a strange malady. She appears to be sleepwalking. She cannot talk and cannot be woken up. And she is...
10) The effort
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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When dark comet UD3 was spotted near Jupiter's orbit, its existence was largely ignored. Benjamin Schwartz, manager of NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies knew the threat this eight-kilometer comet posed to the survival of the human race. Ben and his girlfriend Amy Kowalski fly to South America to assemble an international counteraction team. On board a polar icebreaker Jack Campbell, a photographer for National Geographic, works to capture...
11) Comet
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1985]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 398 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Springer
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
xii, 254 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides detailed information about how to observe comets with telescopes or binoculars and includes data from the latest space probes sent to Comets Halley, Wild 2, and Tempel. It also explains how to image comets using digital cameras and how to discover comets with just a computer. This book gives a summary of our current knowledge and describes how amateur astronomers can contribute to the body of scientific knowledge of comets. It contains many...
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