Asteroids: Relics of Ancient Time

Shepard, Michael K.

ISBN 10: 110706144X / ISBN 13: 9781107061446

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2015

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• Titolo: Asteroids: Relics of Ancient Time
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 110706144X
• ISBN 13: 9781107061446
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: Very Good

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Riassunto

An engaging read for anyone curious about asteroids and what they may mean for our future - both as threats and opportunities.

Informazioni sull?autore

Michael K. Shepard is a Professor of Geosciences at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania, specialising in radar asteroid studies. Prior to this, he worked at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. His latest research involves bouncing radar off a specific group of asteroids, the M-class, which are thought to be metal cores of ancient protoplanets. He has discovered two asteroid moons, and has also been honoured with an asteroid named 20392 Mikeshepard.