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Title Near-Earth objects : finding them before they find us / Donald K. Yeomans.
Author Yeomans, Donald K.
Publisher Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Copyright ©2013
Description xiv, 172 pages : illustrations, graph, map, portrait, tables, photographs ; 24 cm
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 BP-Non Fiction  523.44 YEO Nearby on shelf  3 0613 00241 3478 (none)  AVAILABLE
 CS-Lower Level  523.44 YEO  30619001854851 01-07-20  AVAILABLE
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-157) and indexes.
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.
Subject Near-Earth objects.
Asteroids -- Collisions with Earth.
Comets -- Collisions with Earth.
Other title Finding them before they find us.
ISBN 9780691149295
0691149291