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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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For the first time, scientists could have the knowledge to prevent a natural disaster epic in scale—an asteroid hitting the earth and in this exciting, adventuresome book, Carrie Nugent explains how.
What are asteroids, and where do they come from? And, most urgently: Are they going to hit the Earth? What would happen if one was on its way? Carrie Nugent is an asteroid hunter—part of a group of scientists working to map our cosmic...
What are asteroids, and where do they come from? And, most urgently: Are they going to hit the Earth? What would happen if one was on its way? Carrie Nugent is an asteroid hunter—part of a group of scientists working to map our cosmic...
5) Asteroids
Author
Series
Publisher
Reaktion Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Grounded in historical studies of asteroids from the nineteenth century, Asteroids is a fully up to date view of these remarkable objects. Without resorting to any technical plots or mathematics, the author shows that asteroids are not just rocks in space, but key to understanding the life and death on Earth of both animals and humans. From space missions to the asteroids' starring role in literature and film, Clifford J. Cunningham precisely and...
7) Asteroids
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Describes the location and content of the asteroid belt, the formation and composition of asteroids, and the history of collisions between asteroids and the earth.
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English
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"Asteroids come in all shapes and sizes--and hit our planet in them, too. But what happens if a catastrophically large one approaches earth? By looking on the ground at historical asteroid craters and present-day falls, and up into space for the big ones yet to come, a wide variety of scientists are trying to figure out how to track asteroids--and how to avoid devastating impacts in the future."--
14) Impact
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Series
Language
English
Description
In Douglas Preston's Impact, Wyman Ford is tapped for a secret expedition to Cambodia... to locate the source of strangely beautiful gemstones that do not appear to be of this world.
A brilliant meteor lights up the Maine coast... and two young women borrow a boat and set out for a distant island to find the impact crater.
A scientist at the National Propulsion Facility discovers an inexplicable source of gamma rays in the
15) Asteroids
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Introductory text and full-color images explore the physical characteristics of asteroids in space. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Henry Holt & Co
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Cosmic collisions have forever shaped the planets in our solar system, sculpting Earth and our Moon. They are still happening right in our neighborhood, as we saw in July 1994 when comet fragments bombarded the surface of Jupiter. What if a collision of that magnitude were to occur on Earth? Would the effect be anywhere near that of the collision that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago? Scientists have just begun to track distant asteroids...
17) Asteroids
Author
Series
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Describes the formation, surface features, and exploration of asteroids, including the search for near-Earth asteroids.
19) Asteroid City
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"Asteroid City takes place in a fictional American desert town circa 1955. The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition) is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events"--
20) The rock rats
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English
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Visionary space industrialist Dan Randolph is dead-but his protégé, pilot Pancho Barnes, now sits on the board of his conglomerate. She has her work cut out for her. For Randolph's rival, Martin Humphries, still wants to control Astro and still wants to drive independent asteroid miners like Lars Fuchs out of business. Humphries wants revenge against Pancho and, most of all, he wants his old flame, Amanda, who has become Lars Fuchs's wife.
Brimming...