Near-Earth objects
Subtitle: finding them before they find us
By: Donald K. Yeomans
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780691149295
Subjects: Comets; Near-Earth objects; Collisions with Earth; Asteroids
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Earth's closest neighbors; title: The solar system's origin : the classical view; title: How and where do near-Earth objects form?; title: Near-Earth objects as the enablers and destroyers of life; title: Discovering and tracking near-Earth objects; title: The nature of asteroids and comets; title: Nature's natural resources and the human exploration of our solar system; title: Near-Earth objects as threats to Earth; title: Predicting the likelihood of an Earth impact; title: Deflecting an Earth-threatening near-Earth object.