Comet and Asteroid Impact Hazards on a Populated Earth: Computer Modeling

by John S. Lewis

Comet and Asteroid Impact Hazards explores the anticipated consequences of comet and asteroid impact. It presents the first computer simulations of the hazards of comet and asteroid bombardment of a populated Earth. Previous estimates of fatality and damage rates on the 100 to 10,000 year time scale are shown to be too low because they neglect rare, highly lethal outriders of the populations of bombarding objects, those with exceptional strength,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0124467601
• ISBN13: 9780124467606
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"