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

• Main Author: Powell, Jonathan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Astronomers' Universe,
• Subjects: Popular works.; Planetology.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.

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...