Asteroids: Relics of Ancient Time

Michael K. Shepard

ISBN 10: 110706144X / ISBN 13: 9781107061446

Published by Cambridge University Press, UK, 2015

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A useful modern account. pp.xvi.350. Illus. DW in archival sleeve.

Seller Inventory # 011090

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Asteroids: Relics of Ancient Time
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, UK
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 110706144X
• ISBN 13: 9781107061446
• Binding: Cloth
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • 376 Wallis Jan 2014

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Synopsis

An engaging read for anyone curious about asteroids and what they may mean for our future - both as threats and opportunities.

About the Author

Michael K. Shepard is a Professor of Geosciences at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania, specialising in radar asteroid studies. Prior to this, he worked at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. His latest research involves bouncing radar off a specific group of asteroids, the M-class, which are thought to be metal cores of ancient protoplanets. He has discovered two asteroid moons, and has also been honoured with an asteroid named 20392 Mikeshepard.