Colliding Worlds: How Cosmic Encounters Shaped Planets and Life - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198845409ISBN-10:198845405UPC:9780198845409Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Space ScienceBook Topic:AstronomySize:9.30 x 6.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SC2DMBYXER
Colliding Worlds: How Cosmic Encounters Shaped Planets and Life
Simone Marchi presents the emerging story of how cosmic collisions shaped both the solar system and our own planet, from the creation of the Moon to influencing the evolution of life on Earth. The Earth emerged out of the upheaval and chaos of massive collisions in the infancy of the Solar System, more than four billion years ago. The largest of these events sent into orbit a spray of molten...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198845409ISBN-10:198845405UPC:9780198845409Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Space ScienceBook Topic:AstronomySize:9.30 x 6.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SC2DMBYXER
Dr. Simone Marchi is a Principal Scientist at Southwest Research in Boulder, Colorado. His interests cover the formation and geology of the terrestrial planets, the Moon, and asteroids. He is Deputy Project scientist for the NASA Lucy mission, and Co-Investigator of the NASA Psyche mission, NASA Dawn mission, and ESA BepiColombo. He is a member of the science teams of the ESA JUICE and Rosetta...
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