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Target Earth : meteorites, asteroids, comets, and other cosmic intruders that threaten our planet / by Schilling, Govert,author.(CARDINAL)756779; Hedges, Marilyn,translator.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Falling debris -- Names and numbers -- Cosmic scars -- Death of the dinosaurs -- Extraterrestrial impacts -- Near misses -- The hunting season is open -- Defending the planet -- Rendezvous with the aggressor -- The flip side."An asteroid impact led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. Will another cosmic missile soon be heading our way? Govert Schilling offers a guide to the projectiles that have targeted our planet"--
Subjects: Asteroids; Impact craters.; Near-earth asteroids.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Missile impact craters (White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico) and applications to lunar research / by Moore, H. J.(Henry J.),1928-(CARDINAL)277947;
Bibliography: pages 41-43.
Subjects: Lunar craters.; Cryptoexplosion structures; Lunar geology.; Guided missiles.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Fire in the sky : cosmic collisions, killer asteroids, and the race to defend the Earth / by Dillow, Gordon,author.(CARDINAL)461778;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-267) and index."An historical survey about asteroid hits sustained by Earth and the defenses being prepared against future asteroid-caused catastrophe"--Impact! -- Miraculous apparitions in the ayre -- Star wounds -- T-rex with a string of pearls -- Asteroid hunters -- Planetary defense -- Asteroid killers -- Asteroid wars -- Epilogue.
Subjects: Asteroids; Impact craters.; Collisions (Astrophysics); Near-Earth objects.;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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Fire in the sky [large print] : cosmic collisions, killer asteroids, and the race to defend Earth / by Dillow, Gordon,author.(CARDINAL)461778;
Includes bibliographic references (pages 363-415).Impact! -- Miraculous apparitions in the ayre -- Asteroid miners -- Star wounds -- T-rex with a string of pearls -- Asteroid hunters -- Planetary defense -- Asteroid killers -- Asteroid wars."An historical survey about asteroid hits sustained by Earth and the defenses being prepared against future asteroid-caused catastrophe."
Subjects: Large print books.; Asteroids; Impact craters.; Collisions (Astrophysics); Near-Earth objects.;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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Killer rocks from outer space : asteroids, comets, and meteorites / by Koppes, Steven N.(CARDINAL)272502;
Includes bibliographical references (page 109) and index.Recognizing meteorites and impact craters -- Identifying impact scars -- Impact and the dinosaurs -- Impact and periodic mass extinctions -- Impact, the planets, and the origin of life on earth -- The continuing threat -- Defending planet earth.Describes the role that collisions with meteors, comets, and asteroids have played in the history of Earth and other planets in the solar system and examines what is being done to protect Earth from future collisions.1120LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Asteroids; Comets; Meteorites; Environmental education.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 7
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Asteroids [videorecording] : deadly impact / by Levy, David H.,1948-(CARDINAL)316560; Robertson, Robbie.; Shoemaker, Carolyn.; Shoemaker, Eugene Merle,1928-; Weinrich, Eitan.;
Film editor, Emmanuel Mairesse; music, Mark Adler; art director, Yeorgos Lampathakis. Narrator, Robbie Robertson; comments by Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker and David Levy.Looks at the career of Eugene Shoemaker and how it led to his wife and his discovery of the famous Shoemaker-Levy comet and its spectacular confirmation of asteroid impact craters on earth. MPAA rating: Not rated.DVD, Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Shoemaker, Eugene Merle, 1928-; Asteroids.; Comets.; Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Impact / by Preston, Douglas J.(CARDINAL)189094;
When a brilliant meteor lights up the Maine coast, and NASA images reveal an unnatural feature hidden in the depths of a crater on Mars, it's just the start of the adventure for a former CIA operative, technicians, and many others.
Subjects: Action and adventure fiction.; Science fiction.; College teachers; Meteorites;
Available copies: 83 / Total copies: 92
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The end of the dinosaurs : Chicxulub crater and mass extinctions / by Frankel, Charles.(CARDINAL)322498;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The great mass extinctions -- The impact hypothesis -- The controversy -- In search of the crater -- The discovery of Chicxulub crater -- Scenario of a catastrophe -- Impacts and other extinctions -- The impact hazard.Scientists uncover physical evidence in a comprehensive look at how the Chicxulub Crater may have been ground zero for an asteroid that put an end to great creatures that once roamed the Earth. The discovery of the giant Chicxulub impact crater, buried off the coast of Mexico, unveiled the solution to one of Earth's greatest mysteries-what killed the dinosaurs. Scientists uncovered physical evidence to explain the mass extinction that rocked the earth 65 million years ago. Step-by-step, The end of the dinosaurs: Chicxulub Crater and mass extinctions tells this great scientific detective story. Charles Frankel recounts the birth of the cosmic hypothesis, which holds that the crash of a meteor on the earth's surface killed two-thirds of life and all the dinosaurs. He first provides a dramatic account of the impact and its aftermath. Frankel then goes on to detail the controversy that preceded the acceptance of the cosmic hypothesis, the search for the crater, its discovery and ongoing exploration, and the effect of the giant impact on the biosphere. In addition, he reviews other mass extinctions in the fossil record and the threat of asteroids and comets to our planet today. More than 70 photographs and diagrams enhance and help illustrate the material. Filled with drama and interesting science, The end of the dinosaurs will readily appeal to both the general reader fascinated with the subject and the specialist always searching for more clues to this great mystery.
Subjects: Dinosaurs; Catastrophes (Geology); Mass extinctions.; Cryptoexplosion structures;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Meteors / by Rose, Simon,1961-(CARDINAL)424859;
Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Meteors;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Impact [sound recording] / by Preston, Douglas J.(CARDINAL)189094; Sowers, Scott,narrator.(CARDINAL)475642; Sowers, Scott.(CARDINAL)475642; Wilson, Laura.;
Produced by Laura Wilson.Read by Scott Sowers.Wyman Ford is tapped for a secret expedition to Cambodia to locate the source fo strangely beautiful gemstones that do not appear to be of this world. High- resolution NASA images reveal an unnatrual feature hidden in the depths of a crater on Mars...and it appears to have been activated. Sixty hours and counting...
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Compact discs.; Adventure fiction.; Audiobooks.; Science fiction.; Gamma ray sources; Precious stones;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 8
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