Near-Earth Objects : Finding Them Before They Find Us /

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Of all the natural disasters that could befall us, only an Earth impact by a large comet or asteroid has the potential to end civilization in a single blow. Yet these near-Earth objects also offer tantalizing clues to our solar system's origins, and someday could even serve as stepping-stones f...

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Auteur principal: Yeomans, Donald K. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2016.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Weltraumbeobachtung
Komet
Planetoid
Near-Earth objects.
Comets > Collisions with Earth.
Asteroids > Collisions with Earth.
SCIENCE > Astronomy.
Cometes > Collisions avec la Terre.
Asteroïdes > Collisions avec la Terre.
Geocroiseurs.
Electronic books.
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Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface to the Paperback Edition
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Earth's Closest Neighbors
  • Chapter 2. The Solar System's Origin
  • Chapter 3. How and Where Do Near-Earth Objects Form?
  • Chapter 4. Near-Earth Objects as the Enablers and Destroyers of Life
  • Chapter 5. Discovering and Tracking Near-Earth Objects
  • Chapter 6. The Nature of Asteroids and Comets
  • Chapter 7. Nature's Natural Resources and the Human Exploration of Our Solar System
  • Chapter 8. Near-Earth Objects as Threats to Earth
  • Chapter 9. Predicting the Likelihood of an Earth Impact
  • Chapter 10. Deflecting an Earth-Threatening Near-Earth Object
  • References
  • Index of Asteroid and Cometary Objects
  • General Index.

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