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Cosmic Debris What It Is and What We Can Do About It /

This book examines the mysterious and the well-studied debris in Earth’s crowded neighborhood. From orbiting comets to the workings of the Asteroid Belt, and from meteor showers to our home-grown network of orbiting satellites, the full diversity of space objects and the debris they create is explor...

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Main Author: Powell, Jonathan. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Astronomers' Universe,
Subjects:
Astronomy.
Space sciences.
Planetology.
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Popular Science in Astronomy.
Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51016-3
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Defining Cosmic Debris
  • Chapter 2: Minor Planets and Asteroids
  • Chapter 3: Comets
  • Chapter 4: Meteors and Meteorites
  • Chapter 5: Fireballs
  • Chapter 6: Near Earth Objects
  • Chapter 7: Life Givers or Life Takers?
  • Chapter 8: Our Own Debris
  • Chapter 9: Observing Meteors and Meteor Showers
  • Chapter 10: Observing Comets and Asteroids
  • Chapter 11: Endgame
  • Glossary
  • Index.

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