Howardites
Young Explorers · Ages 6–8

My First Book of Meteorites

Space rocks for young explorers

Corvanelle Publishing

A shooting star is a speck of dust burning up 100 kilometres above the ground. This book explains what meteors, meteorites, asteroids and comets are, how a space rock falls and gets its black crust, and what stony, iron and stony-iron meteorites are made of. Meet Hoba, the 60-tonne giant in Namibia; the Chelyabinsk fireball of 2013; Winchcombe, found on a Gloucestershire driveway; and rocks from the Moon, Mars and Vesta. Learn how craters form, how to watch a meteor shower safely, and how scientists study meteorites. Fourteen chapters, each with quizzes and safe activities.

  • 14,692 words
  • About 96 pages
  • 16 chapters
  • Ages 6–8
£4.99

Contents

  1. A note for grown-ups
  2. Shooting Stars
  3. Where Space Rocks Come From
  4. The Fall
  5. Stones, Irons and Stony-Irons
  6. Inside a Stony Meteorite
  7. Iron Meteorites and Asteroid Cores
  8. Rocks from the Moon, Mars and Vesta
  9. The Iron Giants
  10. The Chelyabinsk Fireball
  11. Meteorites in Britain
  12. Craters
  13. Watching a Meteor Shower
  14. Meteorite Detectives
  15. The Record-Breakers
  16. Glossary