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Explosive asteroids with diameters of 100 feet or more are believed to strike the earth about every 30 years, with impacts equal to the energy released by hydrogen bombs. Many scientists believe that even larger asteroids, as wide as five miles, produced geological and climatological changes that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs and other species. Is the Earth due for another such collision? This new addition to general science collections explores the subject of asteroids: what they are, where they came from, and how their collisions with the earth have affected life on our planet. The author discusses scientific methods for detecting asteroid impacts and records the many known examples of asteroid collision and potentially devastating near misses that have occurred since prehistoric times. Readers also learn what scientists are doing to protect the earth from wayward asteroids, as well as how asteroids could be mined or used as outposts for space exploration.
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- PublisherTAB Books Inc
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0830676732
- ISBN 13 9780830676736
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages176
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Target Earth! Asteroid Collisions Past and Future
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Target Earth!: Asteroid Collisions Past and Future
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Karton. Condition: Gut. 176 S., 24cm Zustand: Ecken teils stärker bestoßen (hintere obere Ecke), sonst sehr gut --- Inhalt: englischer Text, illustriert. Explosive asteroids with diameters of 100 feet or more are believed to strike the earth about every 30 years, with impacts equal to the energy released by hydrogen bombs. Many scientists believe that even larger asteroids, as wide as five miles, produced geological and climatological changes that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs and other species. Is the Earth due for another such collision? This new addition to general science collections explores the subject of asteroids: what they are, where they came from, and how their collisions with the earth have affected life on our planet. The author discusses scientific methods for detecting asteroid impacts and records the many known examples of asteroid collision and potentially devastating near misses that have occurred since prehistoric times. Readers also learn what scientists are doing to protect the earth from wayward asteroids, as well as how asteroids could be mined or used as outposts for space exploration. Birth of the solar system; the planet called earth; seeds of life from space; collision of the past; consequences of collision; death star and planet X; search for craters; meteors and comets; exploring and mining asteroids; collision avoidance. This new addition to "General Science Collections" explores the subject of asteroids: what they are, where they came from, and how their collisions with the earth have affected life on our planet. KK-PS23-5 ISBN: 0830676732 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 400. Seller Inventory # 67940
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