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Over the past decade, asteroids have risen to the forefront of planetary science. Scientists across a wide range of disciplines are increasingly recognizing the essential role of understanding asteroids in discerning the fundamental processes of planetary formation, including how their current distribution reflects our solar system's cataclysmic past. For explorers, the nearest asteroids beckon as the most accessible milestones in interplanetary space, offering spaceflight destinations that are easier to reach than the lunar surface. Futurists are captivated by the prospects of asteroids as commercial resources, akin to a twenty-first-century gold rush, albeit with far greater challenges than faced by nineteenth-century pioneers. For humanity, the realization that asteroids matter is paramount. It is not a question of if, but when, the next major impact will occur. While the disaster probabilities are thankfully small, the task of fully cataloging and characterizing the potentially hazardous asteroid population remains unfinished business.
Asteroids IV sets the latest scientific foundation upon which all these topics and more will be built upon for the future. Through more than 40 chapters, nearly 150 international authorities convey the definitive state of the field by detailing our current astronomical, compositional, geological, and geophysical knowledge of asteroids, as well as their unique physical processes and interrelationships with comets and meteorites. Most importantly, this volume outlines the outstanding questions that will focus and drive researchers and students of all ages toward new advances in the coming decade and beyond.
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| Attribute | Value | ||||
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| publisher | University of Arizona Press; 2nd ed. edition (December 31, 2015) | ||||
| language | English | ||||
| hardcover | 895 pages | ||||
| isbn_10 | 0816532133 | ||||
| isbn_13 | 978-0816532131 | ||||
| item_weight | 5.3 pounds | ||||
| dimensions | 8.5 x 2.2 x 11 inches | ||||
| best_sellers_rank | #884,599 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #55 in Comets, Meteors & Asteroids #190 in Astronomy & Astrophysics #1,495 in Astronomy (Books) | ||||
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