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Asteroids
- Overview, Abstracts & Bibliography
Engelsk Hardback
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- Overview, Abstracts & Bibliography
Engelsk Hardback

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With the bulk of asteroids floating in space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, astronomers puzzle over where these rocks came from. Are they the remnants of a planet? Excess not used in the formation of the Solar System? Nothing more than random bits of debris? The location of the belt makes for a quasi-barrier separating the inner from the outer planets. Perhaps asteroids were meant to discourage human space exploration. NASA has sent missions to explore the asteroid belt and the rocks themselves, and those missions have yielded some interesting observations on the composition of the asteroids but no definitive answer as to their origin. Earth-based tools such as telescopes and satellites also contribute to asteroid research but cannot plumb the depths behind these varied chunks of flotsam. Presented in this book is a list of carefully chosen abstracts and citations of relevant literature about asteroids and the research into them. Prior to this listing, though, comes an overview of the nature of the asteroids and what we know now about them and what we hope to discover in the future. Such a collection makes for a valuable resource in the study of space and the lifeless but mysterious rocks inhabiting the solar system. To conclude, easy access is provided through author, title, and subject indexes.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
252
ISBN-13:
9781590334829
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1590334825
Udg. Dato:
1 dec 2002
Længde:
15mm
Bredde:
179mm
Højde:
253mm
Forlag:
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Oplagsdato:
1 dec 2002
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