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© 2013 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2013 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface to the Revised Edition v
  3. CONTENTS vii
  4. 1. Surveying the Solar System 1
  5. 2. The Little Planets 11
  6. 3. Whirling Fragments 29
  7. 4. Comets in Motion 40
  8. 5. Anatomy of a Comet 57
  9. 6. Shooting Stars 75
  10. 7. Meteor Showers 95
  11. 8. Radio Writes a Record 111
  12. 9. A Meteorite Falls 124
  13. 10. Meteorites in the Laboratory 147
  14. 11. The Interplanetary Material 172
  15. APPENDIX THE RELATION BETWEEN SOLAR DISTANCE, INTERVAL TO PERIHELION, AND TEMPERATURE FOR PARABOLIC ORBITS 181
  16. INDEX 183
  17. PLATES 189
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface to the Revised Edition v
  3. CONTENTS vii
  4. 1. Surveying the Solar System 1
  5. 2. The Little Planets 11
  6. 3. Whirling Fragments 29
  7. 4. Comets in Motion 40
  8. 5. Anatomy of a Comet 57
  9. 6. Shooting Stars 75
  10. 7. Meteor Showers 95
  11. 8. Radio Writes a Record 111
  12. 9. A Meteorite Falls 124
  13. 10. Meteorites in the Laboratory 147
  14. 11. The Interplanetary Material 172
  15. APPENDIX THE RELATION BETWEEN SOLAR DISTANCE, INTERVAL TO PERIHELION, AND TEMPERATURE FOR PARABOLIC ORBITS 181
  16. INDEX 183
  17. PLATES 189
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