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04 January 2011

2011 Asteroid/Comet Book Update

Updates on new books on the subjects of asteroids, comets, and planetary defense. These works include newly released paperback versions of existing hardcover books. A new paperback version of the "classic" overview text on planetary defense entitled "Mitigation of Hazardous Comets and Asteroids" will be available around March 2011. There are multiple new hardcover and reissued titles in softcover coming out from Springer. Here are some additional books that are and will be available:


Asteroids and Dwarf Planets and How to Observe Them (Astronomers' Observing Guides) [Paperback]
Roger Dymock (Author)
Publisher: Springer; 1st Edition. edition (November 1, 2010)
Link: Springer.com
Link: Amazon.com


Hunting and Imaging Comets (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series) [Paperback]
Martin Mobberley (Author)
Publisher: Springer; 1st Edition. edition (October 11, 2010)
Link: Springer.com
Link: Amazon.com


The Doomsday Lobby: Hype and Panic from Sputniks, Martians, and Marauding Meteors [Paperback]
James T. Bennett (Author)
Publisher: Springer; 1st Edition. edition (September 30, 2010)
Link: Springer.com
Link: Amazon.com

Orbital Motion in Strongly Perturbed Environments: Applications to Asteroid and Comet Orbiters (Springer Praxis Books / Astronautical Engineering) [Hardcover]
Daniel J. Scheeres (Author)
Publisher: Springer; 1st Edition. edition (May 3, 2011)
Link: Springer.com
Link: Amazon.com


Mitigation of Hazardous Comets and Asteroids [Paperback]
Michael J. S. Belton (Editor), Thomas H. Morgan (Editor), Nalin H. Samarasinha (Editor), Donald K. Yeomans (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (March 3, 2011)\
Link: Cambridge University Press.com
Link: Amazon.com

Habitability and Cosmic Catastrophes (Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics) [Paperback]
Arnold Hanslmeier (Author)
Publisher: Springer (December 16, 2010)
Link: Springer.com
Link: Amazon.com


Catastrophic Events Caused by Cosmic Objects [Paperback]
Vitaly Adushkin (Editor), Ivan Nemchinov (Editor)
Publisher: Springer; 1st Edition. edition (November 19, 2010)
Link: Springer.com
Link: Amazon.com

Dynamics of Comets and Asteroids and Their Role in Earth History [Paperback]
Shin Yabushita (Editor), Jacques Henrard (Editor)
Publisher: Springer (November 19, 2010)
Link: Springer.com
Link: Amazon.com


Comet/Asteroid Impacts and Human Society: An Interdisciplinary Approach [Paperback]
Peter T. Bobrowsky (Editor), Hans Rickman (Editor)
Publisher: Springer; 1st Edition. edition (November 19, 2010)
Link: Springer.com
Link: Amazon.com
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