Space Junk: The Dangers of Polluting Earth's Orbit Contributor(s): Young, Karen Romano (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467756008 ISBN-13: 9781467756006 Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm) OUR PRICE: $31.65 Product Type: Library Binding - Other Formats Published: January 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Astronomy - Young Adult Nonfiction | Technology - Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science |
Dewey: 629.416 |
LCCN: 2015013396 |
Lexile Measure: 1220 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (0.70 lbs) 64 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Scientists have identified at least 100 million pieces of space debris--from paint chips to nonoperational zombie satellites--floating in Earth's orbit. And over 100 tons of those pieces enter Earth's atmosphere each year |
Contributor Bio(s): Young, Karen Romano: - Karen Romano Young has dived to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean in a tiny submarine, crunched through Arctic ice in an icebreaker, and visited labs, museum workshops, and research institutions across the U.S. to write and draw about science. She was a lead science communications fellow aboard Dr. Robert Ballard's research ship E/V Nautilus.
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