Near-Earth objects : finding them before they find us /
Yeomans, Donald K.
Near-Earth objects : finding them before they find us / Donald K. Yeomans. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2013. - xiv, 172 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references ( p. 155-157) and index.
Earth's closest neighbors -- The solar system's origin : the classical view -- How and where do near-Earth objects form? -- Near-Earth objects as the enablers and destroyers of life -- Discovering and tracking near-Earth objects -- The nature of asteroids and comets -- Nature's natural resources and the human exploration of our solar system -- Near-Earth objects as threats to Earth -- Predicting the likelihood of an Earth impact -- Deflecting an Earth-threatening near-Earth object.
0691149291 : HRD $24.95 9780691149295 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Princeton Univ Pr, California Princeton Fulfillment Center 1445 Lower Ferry rd, Ewing, NJ, USA, 08618 SAN 630-639X
2012005990
Near-Earth objects.
Asteroids--Collisions with Earth.
Comets--Collisions with Earth.
QB651 / .Y46 2013
523.44
Near-Earth objects : finding them before they find us / Donald K. Yeomans. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2013. - xiv, 172 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references ( p. 155-157) and index.
Earth's closest neighbors -- The solar system's origin : the classical view -- How and where do near-Earth objects form? -- Near-Earth objects as the enablers and destroyers of life -- Discovering and tracking near-Earth objects -- The nature of asteroids and comets -- Nature's natural resources and the human exploration of our solar system -- Near-Earth objects as threats to Earth -- Predicting the likelihood of an Earth impact -- Deflecting an Earth-threatening near-Earth object.
0691149291 : HRD $24.95 9780691149295 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Princeton Univ Pr, California Princeton Fulfillment Center 1445 Lower Ferry rd, Ewing, NJ, USA, 08618 SAN 630-639X
2012005990
Near-Earth objects.
Asteroids--Collisions with Earth.
Comets--Collisions with Earth.
QB651 / .Y46 2013
523.44