Cosmic Pinball: The Science of Comets, Meteors and Asteroids - Hardcover

Sumners, Carolyn; Allen, Carl

9780071354608: Cosmic Pinball: The Science of Comets, Meteors and Asteroids

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071354603 ISBN 13: 9780071354608

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US, 1999

Based on the latest scientific research. Cosmic Pinball details what is happening right here in our planetary neighborhood. It pieces together the story of "rogue rocks" -- from the benevolent Leonid meteor showers, to Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9's powerful impact on Jupiter, to the KT Event asteroid that is currently credited with wiping out the dinosaurs. Going beyond millennial hype. Cosmic Pinball provides a unique framework tying together both history and today's research -- to prevent a sound overview of the science of comets, meteors, and asteroids.Summers and Allen have brought together three leading astronomers who are at the forefront of this cutting-edge field: Guy Consolmagno, Ph.D., Vatican Observatory: Daniel David Durda, Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder: David Kring, Ph. D., University of Arizona at Tucson.

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Synopsis:

This text presents scientific research on comets, meteors and asteroids. It brings together a group of scientists to dig through the mayths and fables surrounding these "rogue rocks". It also traces the history of such famed comets as Halley's and Hale-Bopp.

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