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3 Pubs: COSMIC DEBRIS by Moore METEORITES by Heide METEORITES by Hutchison
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Offered here for for 1 price are 3 publications on meteorites:Heide, F. & F. Wlotzka METEORITES - MESSENGERS FROM SPACE NY: Springer-Verlag, 1994. 8" X 5 1/4", pp x + 231 with 111 photos and figures; 22 table; original color decorated wrappers. Small tear at foot of front cover else very good. Not ex-library. Gives a concise and up to date description of meteorites - fall phenomena, chemical and mineral composition, classification - as well as a discussion of their formation and origin.
Hutchison, Robert & Andrew Graham METEORITES NY: Sterling Pub, 1993. 7 3/4" X 8 1/4", pp 80 with numerous photos, figures, and maps, many color; original pictorial wrappers. Very good. Not ex-library. A nicely illustrated introduction to the study of meteorites, which are pieces of asteroids, pieces of the Moon, of Mars, and perhaps even of comets, that fall to earth from space.
Moore, Carleton B. COSMIC DEBRIS Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1969. 8" X 5", pp 108 with photos, figures, and maps, some color; original color pictorial wrappers. A few stamps in text else a good complete copy. Not ex-library. The Solar System is commonly pictured as an array of planets, with their
satellites
, progressing around the Sun in a predictable manner. However, there are a significant number of other smaller bodies present whose motions are not always predictable.
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