Asteroids III / William F. Bottke Jr. [and others], editors ; foreword by Tom Gehrels.

Other author Bottke, William F. (William Frederick), 1966-
Format Book
Publication InfoTucson : University of Arizona Press, in collaboration with Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, ©2002.
Descriptionxvii, 785 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color map ; 29 cm.
Subjects
Asteroids.

Variant title Asteroids 3
Variant title Asteroids three
SeriesUniversity of Arizona space science series
University of Arizona space science series. ^A632307
Contents An overview of the asteroids : the Asteroids III perspective / W.F. Bottke Jr. ... [et al.] -- Giuseppe Piazzi and the discovery of Ceres / G. Foderà Serio, A. Manara and P. Sicoli -- Asteroid orbit computation / E. Bowell ... [et al.] -- Near-earth asteroid search programs / G.H. Stokes, J.B. Evans and S.M. Larson -- Asteroid close approaches : analysis and potential impact detection / A. Milani ... [et al.] -- Observational selection effects in asteroid surveys / R. Jedicke, J. Larsen and T. Spahr -- The comparison of size-frequency distributions of impact craters and asteroids and the planetary cratering rate / B.A. Ivanov ... [et al.] -- Asteroid masses and densities / J.L. Hilton -- Asteroid rotations / P. Pravec, A.W. Harris and T. Michalowski -- Asteroid photometric and polarimetric phase effects / K. Muinonen ... [et al.] -- Asteroid models from disk-integrated data / M. Kaasalainen, S. Mottola, and M. Fulchignoni -- Asteroid radar astronomy / S.J. Ostro ... [et al.] -- Visible-wavelength spectroscopy of asteroids / S.J. Bus, F. Vilas and M.A. Barucci -- Mineralogy of asteroids / M.J. Gaffey ... [et al.] -- Asteroids in the thermal infrared / A.W. Harris and J.S.V. Lagerros -- Observations from orbiting platforms / E. Dotto ... [et al.] -- Hydrated minerals on asteroids : the astronomical record / A.S. Rivkin ... [et al.] -- Physical properties of near-earth objects / R.P. Binzel ... [et al.] -- Physical properties of Trojan and Centaur asteroids / M.A. Barucci ... [et al.] -- Asteroids do have satellites / W.J. Merline ... [et al.] -- Cratering on asteroids from Galileo and NEAR Shoemaker / C.R. Chapman -- Asteroid geology from Galileo and NEAR Shoemaker data / R.J. Sullivan ... [et al.] --
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2002015179
ISBN0816522812 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0816523096 (cloth : alk. paper)
Other class# UA 5.2:A 77/2