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How to Kill an Asteroid: The Real Science of Planetary Defense

By Robin George Andrews
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By Robin George Andrews
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One of Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best Science Books of the Year

A Science News Favorite Book of the Year


"[A] scientific page-turner that builds up to a great climax.... A direct hit." -Govert Schilling, BBC Sky at Night


A gripping account of the "city-killer" asteroids that could threaten Earth and the race to build a planetary defense system.

There are approximately 25,000 "city killer" asteroids in near-Earth orbit-and most are yet to be found. Small enough to evade detection, they are ca...

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