Asteroids: Their Nature and Utilization

By Charles T. Kowal

The only up-to-date book on asteroids at midlevel. Its contents incorporate the very latest developments in the field, including recent close-up studies by spacecraft and the results of ground-based research. Current topics including radar studies of asteroids, research into the links between asteroids and comets, and recent surveys of near-Earth asteroids, together with the possible hazard posed to the Earth through collisions with such objects, are all addressed.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047196039X
• ISBN13: 9780471960393
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.6" x 6.8"