Asteroid Hunters

Lucid and entertaining! me Wow! This book is so much fun! All the facts and science are just part of the journey in this book, as Dr. Nugent walks us through the history of asteroids, up through current asteroid hunting efforts.I love the part about the squabbling of the discoverers of the first observed asteroid, and how asteroids came to be called "ve. A welcome addition to your celestial library absinthe Short, but a bona fide page-turner. Other than an occasional thought about Comet Swift-Tuttle or, more likely, a mischievous Oort Cloud comet getting nudged off its orbit, I'm not overly concerned anymore about our planet getting clobbered by a space object, especially an asteroid, after reading this book. This doesn't conside. "I want to recommend Dr. Nugent's book particularly for science educators" according to Gena. I want to recommend Dr. Nugent's book particularly for science educators, mathematics educators, science teachers, and math teachers (late elementary and up). It's a fascinating read with funny stories (and lovely artwork) that would engage students, whether they were originally interested in science or not! (But I'm going to

Nugent also introduces the telescope she uses to detect near-Earth asteroids. In Asteroid Hunters, Nugent reveals what known impact asteroids have had: the extinction of the dinosaurs, the earth-sized hole Shoemaker Levy 9 left in Jupiter just a few decades ago, how the meteorite that burst over Chelyabinsk in Russia could have started a war, and unlucky Ms. Ultimately, detection is the key to preventing asteroid impact, and these specialized scientists are working to prevent the unthinkable from happening. What are asteroids, and where do they come from? And, most urgently, are they going to hit the Earth? What would happen if one was on its way? Carrie Nugent is an asteroid hunter - part of a group of scientists working to map our cosmic neighborhood. Anne Hodges - the only person (that we know of) in US history to be the victim of a direct hit. For the first time, scientists could have the knowledge to prevent a natural disaster epic in scale - an asteroid hitting the Earth - and in this exciting, adventuresome book, Carrie Nugent explains how. If successful, asteroid hunting will lead to the first natural disaster humans have the know-how and the technology to prevent. The successful hunt and mapping of asteroids could mean nothing less than saving life on Earth.. For the first time ever, we are reaching the point where we may be able to prevent the horrible natural disaster that would result from an asteroid collision