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100 1 $aCox, Donald W.$q(Donald William),$d1921-1998.
245 10 $aDoomsday asteroid :$bcan we survive? /$cDonald W. Cox & James H. Chestek.
260 $aAmherst, N.Y. :$bPrometheus Books,$c1996.
300 $a338 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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500 $aMaps of The locations of asteroid craters on the earth on endpapers.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 301-302) and index.
505 0 $aPart One: Knowlegde of the asteroids -- Did an asteroid kill the dinosaurs? -- Part Two: The search and landing process: Spaceguard survey, Goldmines in the sky, How to deflect an asteroid, How to deflect a comet -- Part Three: Colonizing the minor planets -- Part Four: Cosmic cooperation is possible -- Epilogue -- Appendices: Executive summary of the Shoemaker report, Close approach asteroid data: Close encounters with earth, Aten asteroids, Apollo asteroids, Amor asteroids.
520 1 $a"Sixty-five million years ago, a gigantic asteroid collided with Earth. The resulting dust clouds and fire storm blotted out the sunlight, destroying much of the animal, plant, and fish life - most notably, the dinosaurs. What would happen if another giant asteroid found itself on a collision course with Earth? Doomsday Asteroid: Can We Survive? is the most comprehensive current book for general readers to address the threats and potential benefits of asteroids. Space experts Donald W. Cox and James H. Chestek explain the major differences between comets and asteroids and describe what might happen should the Earth suffer a collision with either one of them." "Cox and Chestek present a view quite different from that of astronomers: In particular, they cover the Earth defense problem in more detail than any of the other popular works on asteroids and they are critical of the science/astronomical community and its approach to asteroid danger. They also call for establishment of an International Spaceguard Command to oversee planetary safety."--Jacket.
650 0 $aAsteroids$xCollisions with Earth.
650 0 $aNear-earth asteroids.
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700 1 $aChestek, James H.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aCox, Donald W. (Donald William), 1921-$tDoomsday asteroid.$dAmherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1996$w(OCoLC)623894119
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