Asteroid rendezvous : NEAR Shoemaker's adventures at Eros

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Title:

Asteroid rendezvous : NEAR Shoemaker's adventures at Eros

Author:

Bell, Jim, 1965-

Publication Information:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Physical Description:

xiii, 115 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Language:

English

Contents:

Eros: special among the asteroids / Joseph Veverka -- A date with Eros / Robert Farquhar -- From launch to rendezvous / Scott Murchie -- Landscape of an asteroid / Louise Prockter and Mark Robinson -- Eros: form and substance / Peter Thomas -- Ingredients of an asteroid / Jim Bell -- The battered history of Eros / Clark R. Chapman -- On course and picture perfect / Maureen Bell and Bill Owen -- Mission accomplished / Andrew Cheng.

Corporate Subject:

NEAR Shoemaker (Spacecraft)

Subject Term:

Space flight to asteroids.

Geographic Term:

Eros (Asteroid) -- Exploration.

Added Author:

Bell, Jim, 1965-

Mitton, Jacqueline.

Electronic Access:

Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam031/2002071506.html
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam031/2002071506.html

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