Meteors
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Broader term:Narrower terms:Used for:- Astronomical meteors
- Falling stars
- Fireballs (Meteors)
- Shooting stars (Meteors)
- Stars, Falling
- Stars, Shooting
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Physics of Meteor Flight in the Atmosphere (New York and London: Interscience Publishers, 1958), by Ernst Julius Öpik (page images at HathiTrust)- Traces of Catastrophe: A Handbook of Shock-Metamorphic Effects in Terrestrial Meteorite Impact Structures (Houston: Lunar and Planetary Institute, c1998), by Bevan M. French (PDF files at usra.edu)
- Meteor Showers: A Descriptive Catalog (updated electronic edition), by Gary W. Kronk (HTML at meteorshowersonline.com)
- The Fire People (as published in Argosy-AllStory Weekly, 1922), by Ray Cummings (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
- The Quantum Connection (included on a Baen CD image), by Travis S. Taylor
- Meteorites and the Early Solar System (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, c1988), ed. by John F. Kerridge and Mildred Shapley Matthews (PDF with commentary at Open Arizona)
- Antarctic Meteorite Location and Mapping Project (AMLAMP): Antarctic Meteorite Location Map Series, Explanatory Text, and User's Guide to AMLAMP Data (LPI technical report 93-07; Houston: Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1993), ed. by John Schutt, Brian Fessler, and W. A. Cassidy (PDF at USRA Houston Repository)
- Antarctic Meteorite Location and Mapping Project (LPI technical report 89-02; Houston: Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1989), ed. by John Schutt, W. A. Cassidy, and Brian Fessler (PDF at USRA Houston Repository)
- Workshop on Antarctic Meteorite Stranding Surfaces, Held at University of Pittsburgh, July 13-15, 1988 (LPI technical report 90-03; Houston: Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1990), ed. by W. A. Cassidy and I. M. Whillans (PDF at USRA Houston Repository)
- International Workshop on Antarctic Meteorites, Hosted by Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Mainz, West Germany, July 10-12, 1985 (Houston: Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1986), ed. by John O. Annexstad, Ludolf Schultz, and Heinrich Wänke (PDF files with commentary at USRA Houston Repository)
- Workshop on Antarctic Glaciology and Meteorites (LPI technical report 82-03; Houston: Lunary and Planetary Institute, 1982), ed. by Colin Bull and Michael E. Lipschutz (PDF at USRA Houston Repository)
- Workshop on Antarctic Meteorite Stranding Surfaces, Held at University of Pittsburgh, July 13-15, 1988 (LPI technical report 90-03; Houston: Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1990), ed. by W. A. Cassidy and I. M. Whillans (PDF at USRA Houston Repository)
- Workshop on Meteorites from Cold and Hot Deserts (LPI technical report 95-02; Houston: Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1995), ed. by Ludolf Schultz, John O. Annexstad, and M. E. Zolensky (PDF at USRA Houston Repository)
- Exploring Meteorite Mysteries: A Teacher's Guide, With Activities for Earth and Space Sciences (Washington: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1997) (PDF at USRA Houston Repository)
- Chondrules and Their Origins, ed. by Elbert A. King (page images at Harvard)
- Traces of Catastrophe: A Handbook of Shock-Metamorphic Effects in Terrestrial Meteorite Impact Structures (Houston: Lunar and Planetary Institute, c1998), by Bevan M. French (PDF files at usra.edu)
- Lunar Analogue Training at Meteor Crater, Arizona and the San Francisco Volcanic Field, AZ: April 28-May 2, 2011, ed. by Oleg Abramov, contrib. by David A. Kring (PDF at USRA Houston Repository)
- Guidebook to the Geology of Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona (a.k.a. Meteor Crater) (second edition, c2017), by David A. Kring
- Guidebook to the Geology of Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona (a.k.a. Meteor Crater) (second edition, c2017), by David A. Kring
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Solar system- Evolution of the Solar System (1976), by Hannes Alfven and Gustaf Arrhenius (illustrated HTML at NASA)
- Meteorites and the Early Solar System (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, c1988), ed. by John F. Kerridge and Mildred Shapley Matthews (PDF with commentary at Open Arizona)
- Other Worlds: Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1901), by Garrett Putman Serviss (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres (3 volumes in 1; Annapolis: St. John's Bookstore, c1939), by Nicolaus Copernicus, trans. by Charles Glenn Wallis (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Gradual Acceptance of the Copernican Theory of the Universe (New York: Baker and Taylor Co., 1917), by Dorothy Stimson
- Solaria Binaria: Origins and History of the Solar System, by Alfred De Grazia and Earl R. Milton (PDF files at grazian-archive.com)
- Memoir on a Trans-Neptunian Planet (ca. 1915), by Percival Lowell (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Mathematical and Philosophical Works Of the Right Reverend John Wilkins (London: Printed for J. Nicholson, 1708), by John Wilkins (page images at Google)
- Exploring the Solar System: A Professional Development Training (Houston: Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2016) (PDF at USRA Houston Repository)
- On a Lark to the Planets: A Sequel to "The Wonderful Electric Elephant" (Akron, OH et al.: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1922), by Frances Trego Montgomery, illust. by Winifred D. Elrod (page images at HathiTrust)
- Protostars and Planets: Studies of Star Formation and the Origin of the Solar System (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, c1978), ed. by Tom Gehrels and Mildred Shapley Matthews (PDF with commentary at Open Arizona)
- Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin, by Lunar and Planetary Institute (partial serial archives)
- Latin Treatises on Comets Between 1238 and 1368 A.D. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, c1950), ed. by Lynn Thorndike (page images at HathiTrust)
- Essay on Comets, Which Gained the First of Dr. Fellowe's prizes, Proposed to Those Who Had Attended the University of Edinburgh Within the Last Twelve Years (Edinburgh: Printed for A. Black, et al., 1828), by David Milne-Home (multiple formats at Google)
- The Exploration of Near Earth Objects, by National Research Council Space Studies Board (page images and partial HTML at NAP)
- Stories of Infinity: Lumen; History of a comet; In Infinity (Boston: Roberts Bros., 1873), by Camille Flammarion, trans. by S. R. Crocker (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ragnarok: The Age of Fire and Gravel (1883), by Ignatius Donnelly
- Ragnarok: The Age of Fire and Gravel (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1883), by Ignatius Donnelly
- Genethlialogia, or, The Doctrine of Nativities, Containing the Whole Art of Directions, and Annual Revolutions (London: Printed by J. Cottrel for G. Calvert, 1658), by John Gadbury (PDF at astrologiamedieval.com)
- Protecting the Space Station From Meteoroids and Orbital Debris (1997), by National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (page images with commentary at NAP)
- The Exploration of Near Earth Objects, by National Research Council Space Studies Board (page images and partial HTML at NAP)
- Protecting the Space Shuttle From Meteoroids and Orbital Debris, by National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (page images and partial HTML at NAP)
- Kant's Cosmogony: As in His Essay on the Retardation of the Rotation of the Earth and His Natural History and Theory of the Heavens (Glasgow: J. Maclehose and Sons, 1900), by Immanuel Kant, trans. by W. Hastie (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Psychology of Space Exploration: Contemporary Research in Historical Perspective (Washington: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2011), ed. by Douglas A. Vakoch (multiple formats with commentary at NASA)
- Toward Distant Suns (originally published 1979), by T. A. Heppenheimer (illustrated HTML with commentary at nss.org)
- Beyond the Atmosphere: Early Years of Space Science, by Homer E. Newell (illustrated HTML at NASA)
- Space Technology for the New Century, by National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (page images and partial HTML at NAP)
- Protostars and Planets III (Tucson and London: University of Arizona Press, c1993), ed. by Eugene H. Levy and Jonathan Irving Lunine (PDF with commentary at Open Arizona)
- The Geology of the Terrestrial Planets (1984), by M. H. Carr, R. Stephen Saunders, Robert G. Strom, and Don E. Wilhelms (PDF files at usra.edu)
- Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (partial serial archives)
- Const-Toonneel, Inhoudende de Beschrijvinghe ende XL. Heerlijcke Afbeeldindinghen Onses Heeren Jesu Christi, met Sijne Apostelen, Ende Evangelisten, Midtsgaders de Hooft-Deuchden Ende Ondeuchden; Ende Ten Laetsten de Seven Planeten (in Dutch; Delff: N. de Clerck, 1609), by Nicolaes De Clerck, illust. by Jan Wierix
- Planetary Satellites (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, c1977), ed. by Joseph A. Burns (PDF with commentary at Open Arizona)
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