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