Rocks from Space

Rocks from Space: Meteorites and Meteorite Hunters Revised & Updated Second Edition By O. Richard Norton Illustrated by Dorothy S. Norton From the back cover: This popular nontechnical introduction to meteorites, asteroids, comets, and impact craters is now even better! With more than 50 new photographs and illustrations, updated and revised text, and fun cosmic humor, the second edition of Rocks from Space probes the latest astronomical discoveries. Watch Sojourner bump its way across Mars. Sneak another look at Comet Hale-Bopp streaking through the dark sky. View photos of the impact scar - twice the size of Earth - where Comet Shoemaker/Levy collided with Jupiter. And learn the latest on meteorite chemistry and classification. 447 pages