Disturbing the solar system : impacts, close encounters, and coming attractions / Alan E. Rubin.

Author
Rubin, Alan E. (Alan Edward), 1953- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2002.
Description
xv, 361 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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      Subject(s)
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-352) and index.
      Contents
      • Overview of the solar system: A brief history of the solar system. Where are we? The location of the solar system. Heat sources
      • Earth and moon: The magnetic Earth. Ice ages. Origin of the Moon
      • Small bodies, impacts, and rings: Asteroids and meteorites. What heated the asteroids? Mesosiderites : biography of a shocked and melted asteroid. Meteor crater. The lunar crater controversy : a brief retelling. Dinosaurs and the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction. Recent impacts : Tunguska to Shoemaker-Levy 9. Rings and shepherds
      • Life beyond Earth: The search for life on Mars. Panspermia. Paucity of aliens. Human response to first contact.
      ISBN
      • 0691074747 ((alk. paper))
      • 9780691074740 ((alk. paper))
      LCCN
      2001055197
      OCLC
      48221485
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