Near-Earth Objects : : Finding Them Before They Find Us / / Donald K. Yeomans.
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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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012] ©2013 |
Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Edition: | Course Book |
Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- 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
- INDEX