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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Yeomans, Donald K., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Near-Earth Objects : Finding Them Before They Find Us / Donald K. Yeomans. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2016] ©2012 1 online resource (192 p.) : 20 halftones. 19 line illus. 6 tables. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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 for space exploration. In this book, Donald Yeomans introduces readers to the science of near-Earth objects-its history, applications, and ongoing quest to find near-Earth objects before they find us.In its course around the sun, the Earth passes through a veritable shooting gallery of millions of nearby comets and asteroids. One such asteroid is thought to have plunged into our planet sixty-five million years ago, triggering a global catastrophe that killed off the dinosaurs. Yeomans provides an up-to-date and accessible guide for understanding the threats posed by near-Earth objects, and also explains how early collisions with them delivered the ingredients that made life on Earth possible. He shows how later impacts spurred evolution, allowing only the most adaptable species to thrive-in fact, we humans may owe our very existence to objects that struck our planet.Yeomans takes readers behind the scenes of today's efforts to find, track, and study near-Earth objects. He shows how the same comets and asteroids most likely to collide with us could also be mined for precious natural resources like water and oxygen, and used as watering holes and fueling stations for expeditions to Mars and the outermost reaches of our solar system. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Asteroids Collisions with Earth. Comets Collisions with Earth. Near-Earth objects. SCIENCE / Astronomy. bisacsh Yeomans, Donald K. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442502 print 9780691173337 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400883554 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400883554 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400883554.jpg |
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