Comet Over Nantucket: Maria Mitchell and Her Island : the Story of America's First Woman Astronomer

ISBN-10: 0913408867
ISBN-13: 9780913408865
Category: Children's stories, American
Pages: 163
Language: English
Published: 1984-01-01
Author: Elizabeth Fraser Torjesen

Description

A fictionalized biography of America's first woman astronomer, who in 1847 discovered a telescopic comet which was later named for her.

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