| Description |
288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Discovery of the asteroids -- 2. Vermin of the skies -- 3. The modern era -- 4. Apollos, Amors, Atens, and close calls : the near-Earth asteroids -- 5. Far frontiers : from the Trojans to the Kuiper belt -- 6. Asteroid space missions -- 7. The name's the thing! -- 8. 3043 San Diego : the unwanted honor -- 9. Impact -- 10. Shoemaker-Levy 9 -- 11. Planetary defense -- 12. The third century of asteroid studies. |
| Subject |
Asteroids.
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Asteroids -- History.
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| ISBN |
1560989823 |
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