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Falling Stars: A Guide to Meteors and Meteorites (Astronomy) (Paperback)

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Traveling at 44 miles per second, ranging in size from dust particle to fist-sized chunks, burning up 50 to 75 miles above the earth and lasting half a second, meteors are fast, hot and out of control. Reynolds, executive director of Oakland, California's Chabot Observatory and Science Center, relays to non-scientists know-how for meteor watching (equipment includes lawn chair, bug repellant, binoculars), recording data, photographing meteors, the meteorological calendar, etc. 54 b&w photos.

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Reviewed in Astro, the Swedish Amateur Astronomical Society Journal, June 2002. "This splendid book is amazing value. Highly recommended..." -- Spaceflight, August 2002. "Aimed squarely at the amateur observer, profusely illustrated..." -- The Observatory magazine, October 2002.

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Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Stackpole Books (July 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0811727556
ISBN-13: 978-0811727556
Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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two meteors per hour, meteorite dealers, five meteors per hour, meteor photographers, hundred meteors per hour, minor shower, meteor watching, meteor photography, meteorite collector, shatter cones, fusion crust, specimen mounts, more meteors, lunar meteorites, gas tail, bright fireball, shower activity, olivine crystals, shower meteors, bug boxes, meteorite craters, bright meteor, meteorite fall, stony meteorites, iron meteorites

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Meteor Crater, United States, Falling Stars, Eta Aquarids, Upsilon Pegasids, Kuiper Belt, North American, Southern Taurids, Coma Berenicids, Comet Halley, Iron Medium Octahedrite, Oort Cloud, Southern Iota Aquarids, Southern Piscids, Theta Ophiuchids, Australasian Strewn Field, Comet Shoemaker-Levy, Hubble Space Telescope, Meteor Shower Active Period Peak, Morasko Craters, New Quebec, Tau Herculid, Upheaval Dome, Wolfe Creek

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The Solar System (3 Vol Set) (Magill's Choice) by Roger Smith in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
The Solar System (Discovery Channel School Science) by Lorraine Hopping Egan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Meteorites: A Petrologic, Chemical and Isotopic Synthesis (Cambridge Planetary Science) by Robert Hutchison in Back Matter
Ask a Question About Meteorites by H. H. Nininger in Back Matter
Falling Stars (Firestar) by Michael Flynn on page 95

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Binocular Stargazing by Michael D. Reynolds in Back Matter

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4.0 out of 5 stars Falling Stars, August 5, 2008

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Most of us have looked up at the night sky and seen what is commonly called a falling or shooting star. These momentary streaks occur when meteors, objects ranging from the size of dust particles to fist-size masses, enter the earth's atmosphere and are heated to incandescence. Few of these objects survive their encounter with our atmosphere.

What we see on earth is a streak of light that lasts about a half second on average -- generally speaking, the larger the material that enters the atmosphere, the brighter the meteor. Brighter meteors will occasionally leave a smoke trail in their path lasting a few seconds; trails produced by very bright meteors, referred to as fireballs, may last minutes. Fireballs that appear to break up, or produce sound, are called bolides.

One of the most prolific meteor showers known as the Perseids occurs in August. The Perseids are so called because the point they appear to come from lies in the constellation Perseus. Meteor showers occur when Earth moves through a meteor stream. The stream in this case is called the Perseid cloud and it stretches along the orbit of the Comet Swift-Tuttle. The shower is visible from mid-July each year, with the greatest activity between August 8 and 14, peaking about August 12. During the peak, the rate of meteors reaches 60 or more per hour. To experience the shower in its full, one should observe in the dark of a clear moonless night, from a point far outside any large cities, where stars are not dimmed by light pollution-such as Cherry Springs state park.

If you are looking for a good introduction to the wonderful world of meteors and meteorite collecting, check out Falling Stars, A Guide to Meteors & Meteorites by Mike D. Reynolds. There are a number of good books out there on this subject, but this one is a handy quick reference guide for novices and those interested in learning about the origins of these interesting pieces of rock from space. It gives a brief overview of meteors and comets, descriptions of major meteor showers, major impact craters, and famous meteorite falls, as well as a breakdown of the various types of meteorites.

Backyard astronomy can be easy and fun. I'm going to make myself a big bowl of popcorn, drag my Barcalounger� into the backyard and catch a FREE midnight show.

Kevin Coolidge wishes for clear skies at www.frommyshelf.blogspot.com

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good Short Introduction to Meteors, Meteorites, and Tektites, August 28, 2002

By	Matthew S. Schweitzer "zohoe" (Columbus, OH United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Falling Stars: A Guide to Meteors and Meteorites is just that, a short introduction to the wonderful world of meteors and meteorite collecting. There are a number of good books out there on this subject, but this one is a handy quick reference guide for novice collectors and those interested in learning a little about the origins of these fascinating pieces of rock and metal from space. It gives a brief overview of meteors and comets, descriptions of the major meteor showers, major impact craters, and famous meterorite falls, as well as a breakdown of the various types of meteorites and tektites. It doesn't go into great detail on, say, the difference between an octahedrite, hexahedrite, and ataxite nickel-iron meteorite for example, but it does provide some sound info for the beginner.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Useful in some sense, September 20, 2005

By	Allen L. Yu (manila, philippines) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is not thick enough to discourage meteorite-wannabes to finally finish it front to cover. Through its few pages, of course one cannot expect a detailed description for every topic in meteoritics, but in some sense contains very useful information not usually found in other books. A list of useful meteorite dealers presented, a guide-list price for every popular meteorites per gram, this alone aided me in my decision making whether a meteorite posted in the web is overpriced or not. Useful to start with, but could have been written more lengthly as I feel the author has this "feel" of what a new collector would be.

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