Cosmic pinball : the science of comets, meteors, and asteroids /
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| Author / Creator: | Sumners, Carolyn. |
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| Imprint: | New York : McGraw Hill, c2000. |
| Description: | ix, 190 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4130482 |
Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. The Cosmic Pinball Risk / Carolyn Sumners and Carlton Allen
- Introduction: The Cosmic Pinball Risk
- Pt. 2. Comets / Carolyn Sumners. Ch. 1. The Comet Connection. Ch. 2. The Cast of Comet Characters. Ch. 3. Close Comet Encounters
- Pt. 3. Meteors and Meteorites / Guy Consolmagno and David Kring. Ch. 4. A Rain of Comet Dust. Ch. 5. Meteorite Hunting. Ch. 6. Rocks from the Moon and Mars
- Pt. 4. Asteroids / Dan Durda and David Kring. Ch. 7. Asteroids in Orbit. Ch. 8. Asteroid Spacecraft Encounters. Ch. 9. Doomsday Asteroids
- Pt. 5. Assessing the Risk / David Kring
- Epilogue: The Threat of Future Impacts on Earth.
