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1) Comets
Author
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
"This book looks at comets, exploring what they are, where they come from, what people thought of them in the past, and how we study comets today. A fun activity is provided along with tips for spotting comets. Beautiful photographs and simple text help to engage readers and aid their understanding"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Nomad Press, a division of Nomad Communications
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
vii, 88 pages color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Description
Provides an introduction to comets and asteroids and gives step-by-step directions for interactive projects, including creating models of various celestial objects, experimenting with gravity, and building a refracting telescope.
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
60 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"Look up! Look out! A comet is coming, a comet is coming! Stink is camped out in the backyard with his sister, Judy, and he can't wait to lay eyes on P/2015 OZ4, also known as the Sherman-Holm Comet. But then news of an asteroid hitting Russia reaches Stink, and suddenly he's feeling squeamish (and squash-ish) about close encounters of the outer-space kind. Will donning an aluminum-foil cape and building a bunker in the basement help keep him safe?...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Asteroids and comets: Every year, millions of these 'stray bullets' streak the skies, and tons of small meteorites strike our planet! Some 65 million years ago, dinosaurs were wiped off the face of the earth in what many believe was the aftermath of a massive comet collision. Could something like this happen again? Scientists believe that the impact of an asteroid only a mile wide would be globally catastrophic. Join extraordinary geologist Eugene...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Sigma
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Description
"Icy, rocky, sometimes dusty, always mysterious--comets and asteroids are among the Solar System's very oldest inhabitants, formed within a swirling cloud of gas and dust in the area of space that eventually hosted the Sun and its planets. Locked within each of these extra-terrestrial objects is the 4.6-billion-year wisdom of Solar System events, and by studying them at close quarters using spacecraft we can coerce them into revealing their closely-guarded...
8) Deep impact
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Unless a comet can be destroyed before colliding with Earth, only those allowed into government shelters will survive.
9) Greenland
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Formats
Description
A family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity, his estranged wife Allison, and young son Nathan make a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (9 hr., 24 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
With a cumulative audience of over 50 million viewers and shot in stunning HD, season three of this hit franchise utilizes breathtaking footage from NASA and state-of-the-art CGI graphics to bring the beauty and mysteries of the cosmos home to viewers.
11) Deep impact
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After it is discovered that an enormous comet will collide with Earth, people find different ways to deal with the impending disaster.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 DVD (179 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Double feature includes the following titles: Pokemon Destiny Deoxys (2004, four years ago, a strange meteorite crashed to Earth carrying a powerful secret. Now, journey to the high-tech Larousse City where secrets are revealed as Ash, Pikachu, and the gang meet Tory, a new friend who is afraid of Pokemon and their trainers); and Pokemon Jirachi: Wish Maker (2004, Jirachi awakens every thousand years when the Millennium Comet is visible in the night...
13) The effort
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"When dark comet UD3 was spotted near Jupiter's orbit, its existence was largely ignored. But to individuals who knew better -- scientists like Benjamin Schwartz, manager of NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies -- the threat this eight-kilometer comet posed to the survival of the human race was unthinkable. The 150-million-year reign of the dinosaurs ended when an asteroid impact generated more than a billion times the energy of an atomic bomb....
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
12 CDs (15 hrs.) : audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Near the end of the last Ice Age, a giant comet caused a global cataclysm, wiping out Earth's earliest civilization, a second soon followed. But, there were survivors who settled at key locations Gobekli Tepe in Turkey, Giza, ancient Sumer, Mexico, Peru and across the Pacific. But, the comet that wrought such destruction may not be done with us yet. An astronomical message encoded at Gobekli Tepe, and in Egypt's Sphinx, warns that the 'Great Return'...
Author
Series
Secret explorers volume 2
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
The secret explorers jump into action to fix a space probe that is orbiting Jupiter before a comet can destroy the planet, as they dodge astroids and attempt dangerous spacewalks to complete their mission.
16) Fevered star
Author
Series
Between earth and sky volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Formats
Description
"The great city of Tova is shattered. The sun is held within the smothering grip of the Crow God's eclipse, but a comet that marks the death of a ruler and heralds the rise of a new order is imminent. As sea captain Xiala is swept up in the chaos and currents of change, she finds an unexpected ally in the former Priest of Knives. For the Clan Matriarchs of Tova, tense alliances form as far-flung enemies gather and the war in the heavens is reflected...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"A magical, intoxicating debut novel that imagines the future and history of two lovers who are connected by the passing of great comets overhead and by the ancestors that bind them together"--
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
65 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
In their new adventures, Haylee and Comet celebrate what it means to grow and change, and to take another "trip around the sun." Perfectly capturing both the worry and excitement that change brings, this sweet story reminds us of the comfort in friends and the beauty in transformation.
19) Tank girl
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 2022 Earth is struck by a comet, leading to a massive drought. Eleven years later a majority of the water left is kept in a reserve. Tank Girl is a member of a resistance group who steals whatever they want, by any means necessary. Being the enemies of the water reserve, their hideout is attached and Tank Girl's boyfriend is killed and younger friend Sam is captured.
20) The end
Author
Publisher
Arctis/W1-Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
383 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"When will the world end? With Foxworth, a massive comet, hurtling toward Earth, humanity now knows the exact date. Seventeen-year-old Simon wants to spend his last weeks with the people he cares about most, especially his goal-oriented swimmer ex-girlfriend, Tilda, who dumped him shortly after the news broke. Since Lucinda was diagnosed with cancer she's, retreated into herself preparing for the inevitable. Suddenly facing down a death that makes...
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