E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten
Yeomans Near-Earth Objects
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4008-8355-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
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Finding Them Before They Find Us
E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-4008-8355-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
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Fachgebiete
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Illustrations vii
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Chapter 1 Earth's Closest Neighbors 1
Chapter 2 The Solar System's Origin: The Classical View 15
Chapter 3 How and Where Do Near-Earth Objects Form? 29
Chapter 4 Near-Earth Objects as the Enablers and Destroyers of Life 47
Chapter 5 Discovering and Tracking Near-Earth Objects 57
Chapter 6 The Nature of Asteroids and Comets 79
Chapter 7 Nature's Natural Resources and the Human Exploration of Our Solar System 100
Chapter 8 Near-Earth Objects as Threats to Earth 109
Chapter 9 Predicting the Likelihood of an Earth Impact 125
Chapter 10 Deflecting an Earth-Threatening Near-Earth Object 140
References 155
Index of Asteroid and Cometary Objects 159
General Index 161