Asteroids : a history / Curtis Peebles.
Asteroids : a history / Curtis Peebles.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Institution Press, c2000.
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N523.44/7
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Language
English
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Physical content
vii 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Institution Press, c2000.
Place of Publication
District of Columbia
Date Published
c2000.
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Summary
"Covering all aspects of asteroid investigation, Curtis Peebles shows how ideas about the orbiting boulders have evolved. He describes how such phenomena as the Moon's craters and dinosaur extinction were gradually, and by some scientists grudgingly, accepted as the results of asteroid impacts. He tells how a band of icy asteroids rimming the solar...
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Full title
Asteroids : a history / Curtis Peebles.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-267) and index.
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Date Copyright
c2000.
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N523.44/7
Record Identifier
74VvoyLQ87zd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvoyLQ87zd
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ISBN
1560983892 (alk. paper)
9781560983897 (alk. paper)
DDC
523.44
MMS ID
991013377579702626
