Search Results - "Asteroid"

Meteorites and asteroids classification, geology, and exploration /

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The exploration of near-earth objects

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Impact! the threat of comets and asteroids / by Verschuur, Gerrit L., 1937-

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Near-earth object surveys and hazard mitigation strategies interim report /

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Defending planet Earth near-Earth object surveys and hazard mitigation strategies /

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The Tungus event, or, The great Siberian meteorite by Engledew, John, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Tunguska, 100 years of mystery -- Meteors, chapter of astronomy -- Tunguska ground zero -- The cometary hypotheses and the Taurid meteors -- Comet Encke -- The sun, the cosmos and coronal mass ejections -- Asteroids and the asteroid hypotheses -- Other explanations and perspectives on the Tungus event.…”
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A brief introduction to the search for extra-terrestrial life by Barbieri, Cesare, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Cosmological process leading to life on Earth -- Events in the Milky Way and Solar system -- Main characteristics of living organisms -- Water and life -- Human outposts on the Moon and on Mars -- Comets, asteroids, meteorites, death and life -- The cometary mission Rosetta -- Planets of nearby stars -- Search for extra-terrestrial intelligence, SETI.…”
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Discovery and classification in astronomy controversy and consensus / by Dick, Steven J.

Table of Contents: “…Narratives of Discovery: 2. Moons, rings, and asteroids: discovery in the realm of the planets; 3. …”
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The Martians have landed! a history of media-driven panics and hoaxes / by Bartholomew, Robert E.

Table of Contents: “…The London Riot hoax -- Radio daze-the martian invasion broadcast -- The martians return -- Infamous disc jockey hoaxes -- Playing with fire: nuclear scares -- It came from the small screen-television -- "This just in-- " NBC frightens viewers -- "Look! up in the sky!" asteroid panic -- Pokemon panics and creepy crawley scares -- The "documentary" that fooled England -- Hurricane Katrina mythmaking -- Chicken little and the Bird Flu panic -- The Russians are coming! …”
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Treatise on geochemistry /

Table of Contents: “…Davis -- volume 2. Planets, asteroids, comets and the solar system / volume editor, Andrew M. …”
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The Triumph of the Sun in 2000-2020 How Solar Energy Conquered the World. by Palz, W. (Wolfgang), 1937-

Table of Contents: “…The Legacy of the Sun; 1.1 Man in the Universe; 1.2 A Heaven of Stars, One Sun; 1.3 The Way the Sun Produces Its Energy; 1.4 The Sun, Earth, and Us; 1.4.1 Children of the Sun and Earth; 1.4.2 The Birth of Earth; 1.4.3 Asteroids and Comets; 1.4.4 Earth, Ready for Life; 1.4.5 The Last Ice Age…”
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Patrick Moore's data book of astronomy by Moore, Patrick

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Fundamentals of astronomy. by Barbieri, Cesare, 1942-, Bertini, Ivano

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