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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797967803321

Titolo

Asteroids IV / edited by Patrick Michel, Francesca E. DeMeo, and William F. Bottke ; with the assistance of Renee Dotson ; with 147 collaborating authors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Houston : , : Lunar and Planetary Institute, , 2015

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2016

©2015

ISBN

0-8165-3218-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (946 p.)

Collana

The University of Arizona space science series

Disciplina

523.44

Soggetti

Asteroids

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"With 148 collaborating authors."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1. Physical and compositional properties. 1.1. Asteroid composition and physical properties ; 1.2. Populations ; 1.3. Families ; 1.4. Multiple systems -- Part 2.  Space missions -- Part 3. Evolutionary processes. 3.1. Dynamical evolution ; 3.2. Differentiation ; 3.3. Physical evolution ; 3.4. Collisions -- Part 4. Ground-based surveys, hazards and future exploration.

Sommario/riassunto

"More than forty chapters detail our current astronomical, compositional, geological, and geophysical knowledge of asteroids, as well as their unique physical processes and interrelationships with comets and meteorites"--Provided by publisher.