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Near-Earth objects : finding them before they find us
- Title
- Near-Earth objects : finding them before they find us / Donald K. Yeomans.
- Author
- Yeomans, Donald K.
- Publication
- Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, c2013.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 172 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JBE 18-857
- ISBN
- 9780691149295
- 0691149291
- LCCN
- 2012005990
- OCLC
- 2012005990
- Author
- Yeomans, Donald K.
- Title
- Near-Earth objects : finding them before they find us / Donald K. Yeomans.
- Imprint
- Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, c2013.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JBE 18-857