- Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 172 p.) : ill.
- Uniform Title
- Near-Earth objects (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Near-Earth objects (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references ( p. 155-157) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2012005990
- OCLC
- ssj0000756434
- Author
Yeomans, Donald K.
- Title
Near-Earth objects [electronic resource] : finding them before they find us / Donald K. Yeomans.
- Imprint
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2013.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references ( p. 155-157) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to: