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Starkey, Natalie.
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Comets.
Asteroids.
Solar system -- Origin.
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Starkey, Natalie.
Comets.
Asteroids.
Solar system -- Origin.
MARC Display
Catching
stardust
:
comets
,
asteroids
and the
birth
of the
solar
system
/ Natalie Starkey.
by
Starkey, Natalie.
Bloomsbury Sigma, 2018.
Call #:
523.2 S795c
Subjects
Comets
.
Asteroids
.
Solar
system
-- Origin.
ISBN:
9781472944009 (hc.)
Description:
256 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Summary:
"An up-close and personal look at
comets
and how we can use these ancient voyagers to understand our place in the
solar
system
. Icy, rocky, sometimes dusty, always mysterious--comets and
asteroids
are among the
Solar
System
's very oldest inhabitants, formed within a swirling cloud of gas and dust in the area of space that eventually hosted the Sun and its planets. Locked within each of these extra-terrestrial objects is the 4.6-billion-year wisdom of
Solar
System
events, and by studying them at close quarters using spacecraft we can coerce them into revealing their closely-guarded secrets. This offers us the chance to answer some fundamental questions about our planet and its inhabitants. Exploring
comets
and
asteroids
also allows us to shape the story of Earth's future, enabling us to protect our precious planet from the threat of a catastrophic impact from space, and maybe to even recover valuable raw materials from them. This cosmic bounty could be as useful in space as it is on Earth, providing the necessary fuel and supplies for humans as they voyage into deep space to explore more distant locations within the
Solar
System
.
Catching
Stardust
tells the story of these enigmatic celestial objects, revealing how scientists are using them to help understand a crucial time in our history – the
birth
of the
Solar
System
, and everything contained within it."--From publisher.
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