Near-Earth Asteroids and the Asteroid Belt

Streaming video - 2019

Fans of science fiction know that a collision with an asteroid has the potential to obliterate civilization as we know it. With 20,000 asteroids identified in near-Earth orbit, how can collision be avoided? Learn why these rocky bodies, and those in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter, never accreted into planets and how we might harness their resources for future space travel.

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Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : The Great Courses 2019.
2020.
Language
English
Other Authors
The Great Courses (film director), Sabine Stanley (actor)
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
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Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (33 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).