Cosmic Debris [E-Book] : What It Is and What We Can Do About It / by Jonathan Powell.
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 e...
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| Personal Name(s): | Powell, Jonathan, author |
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1st ed. 2017. |
| Imprint: |
Cham :
Springer,
2017
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| Physical Description: |
VII, 267 pages 35 illustrations in color (online resource) |
| Note: |
englisch |
| ISBN: |
9783319510163 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-319-51016-3 |
| Series Title: |
Astronomers' Universe
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- 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.