Asteroid hunters

Inside this book, readers meet then men and women of Spaceguard who watch the skies for danger from outer space. How do they discover new asteroids? What technology do they use to predict an asteroid's pathway around the solar system? And what did the asteroid hunters do in 2004 when they discovered out planet could be in danger?

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Subject(s)Careers, Design and technology, Science
Author(s)Ruth Owen
Age5-7, 7-11
Published2016
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Shelf referenceESA 520 GET
ISN/ISBN9781910549988
Direct URLhttps://www.stem.org.uk/x98h6

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