A History of Near-Earth Objects Research

by Meg Rosenburg, Erik M Conway, Donald K Yeomans

In 2016, NASA took on a new responsibility: defending our planet from devastating impacts by asteroids and comets that approach the Earth, or near-Earth objects. That event, which followed the prominent Chelyabinsk meteor explosion in 2013, reflected a growing interest in, and concern about, the threat of celestial impacts. In ancient times, the solar system's small bodies-asteroids and comets-were sometimes seen as ill omens and warnings from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1998109844
• ISBN13: 9781998109845
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"