Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites
Publication year: 2008
ISBN: 978-1-84800-157-2
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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 around and pick up meteorites in the same way that you can pick up seashells on the beach. Those fragments that survived the intense heat of re-entry tend to disguise themselves as natural rocks over time, and it takes a trained eye – along with the information in this book – to recognize them.
Subject: Physics and Astronomy, Astronomical Observation, Chondrites guide, Field guide meteors, Planet, Solar System, astronomy, handbook, iron meteorites, meteorite families explained, meteorites book, observing techniques, rocks from other planets, rocks from space, solar, using petr, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Popular Science in Astronomy, Planetology
