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  title info:
    title: Cosmic Debris
    sub title: What It Is and What We Can Do About It
  name:
    name part: Powell, Jonathan.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2017
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: VII, 267 p. 35 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: 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 explored. Powell also discusses some of the current research techniques used to find potentially harmful rogue elements, with an emphasis on keeping watch for any objects that may intersect Earth’s orbit. Such bodies also impact other worlds, and much has been learned from observing these encounters. The information in this book is intended to foster thought about the universe in which we live, but without overloading its readers with numbers and lecture-room analysis. Like a good thriller, it allows its readers to pace themselves with the story and, by the end, encourages them to draw their own conclusions.
  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.
  note: by Jonathan Powell.
  subject:
    topic: Popular works
  subject:
    topic: Planetology
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy
  subject:
    topic: Aerospace engineering
  subject:
    topic: Astronautics
  subject:
    topic: Popular Science
  subject:
    topic: Popular Science in Astronomy
  subject:
    topic: Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
  subject:
    topic: Planetology
  subject:
    topic: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
  classification: QB1-991
  classification: 520
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Astronomers' Universe
  identifier: 9783319510163
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51016-3
  record info:
    record creation date: 170417
    record change date: 20171125155045.0
    record identifier: 978-3-319-51016-3