Asteroids: Overview, Abstracts, and BibliographyEdward C. Blair Nova Publishers, 2002 - 252 pàgines With the bulk of asteroids floating in space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, astronomers puzzle over where these rocks came from. Are they the remnants of a planet? Excess not used in the formation of the Solar System? Nothing more than random bits of debris? The location of the belt makes for a quasi-barrier separating the inner from the outer planets. Perhaps asteroids were meant to discourage human space exploration. NASA has sent missions to explore the asteroid belt and the rocks themselves, and those missions have yielded some interesting observations on the composition of the asteroids but no definitive answer as to their origin. Earth-based tools such as telescopes and satellites also contribute to asteroid research but cannot plumb the depths behind these varied chunks of flotsam. Presented in this book is a list of carefully chosen abstracts and citations of relevant literature about asteroids and the research into them. Prior to this listing, though, comes an overview of the nature of the asteroids and what we know now about them and what we hope to discover in the future. lifeless but mysterious rocks inhabiting the solar system. To conclude, easy access is provided through author, title, and subject indexes. |
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AAS/Division for Planetary albedo analysis approach asteroid belt Astronomy Astrophysics Available bodies chondrites close collision collisional comets composition computed Conference Abstracts Vol craters density detected determined diameter discovery distribution Dynamical Earth effect elements encounter Eros estimated evolution families formation fragments Icarus Vol images impact indicate infrared Institute Conference Abstracts integrations Jupiter known lightcurves Lunar and Planetary magnitude main belt main-belt asteroids mass material mean measurements Mechanics meteorites method Minor Planet mission motion Near-Earth Asteroids NEAS numerical objects observations Observatory obtained orbits origin period perturbations phase Photometry physical Planetary Institute Conference Planetary Sciences Meeting points population possible present probability processes properties range recent reflectance region resonances rotation sample satellite Science Vol Sciences Meeting Vol shape simulations Solar System Space spacecraft spectra structure surface Survey telescope thermal Vesta
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Pàgina 34 - Distribution of taxonomic classes and the compositional structure of the asteroid belt.