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