| Title: | Near-Earth objects : finding them before they find us / |
| Authors: | Donald K. Yeomans, Author |
| Material Type: | eBook |
| Publisher: | Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2013 |
| ISBN / ISSN / EAN : | 978-1-4008-4463-0 |
| Size: | 1 online resource (xiv, 172 p. / ill. |
| Bibliography note: | Includes bibliographical references ( p. 155-157) and index |
| Languages: | English |
| Class number: | QB651 |
| Subjects: | Asteroids--Collisions with Earth ; Comets--Collisions with Earth ; Near-Earth objects |
| Description: | Balancing the wonders of astronomy with the looming potential for an epic, planet-wide disaster, Yeomans, a fellow and research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, explores the origins of near-Earth objects--asteroids, comets, meteors, and meteoroids--and the threat they can pose to our planet |
| Contents note: | 1. Earth's closest neighbors 2. The solar system's origin : the classical view 3. How and where do near-Earth objects form? 4. Near-Earth objects as the enablers and destroyers of life 5. Discovering and tracking near-Earth objects 6. The nature of asteroids and comets 7. Nature's natural resources and the human exploration of our solar system 8. Near-Earth objects as threats to Earth 9. Predicting the likelihood of an Earth impact 10. Deflecting an Earth-threatening near-Earth object. |
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