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Defending Planet Earth: Near-Earth-Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies Paperback - 2010
by National Research Council; Division on Engineering and Physical Sci; Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board
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- Title Defending Planet Earth: Near-Earth-Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies
- Author National Research Council; Division on Engineering and Physical Sci; Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 152
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher National Academies Press
- Date 2010-06
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780309149686 / 0309149681
- Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.4 in (27.69 x 21.34 x 1.02 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Asteroids - Collisions with Earth, Comets - Collisions with Earth
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010283484
- Dewey Decimal Code 363.349
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