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This asteroids business isn't pretty. Just to be on the safe side, you may want to find out more about it.
Web Links
There are many related sites on the World Wide Web for you to explore at your own risk. These links will take you away from nationalgeographic.com; if you run into any trouble, you can return by using the back button in your browser.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
National Space Science Data Center asteroids photo gallery
Nine Planets
Meteors, Meteorites, and Planets
Meteorites from Antarctica
NEAR (Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous)
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NGS Resources (top)
Investigate these classified National Geographic sources at your discretion. (For a comprehensive search of the Society's publications, go to the NGS Publications Index. Many of these products are available in the NGS Store.
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Maps
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National Geographic Maps. Mexico. 1996.
National Geographic Maps. New York. 1996.
National Geographic Maps. Russia. 1996.
National Geographic Maps. Arizona. 1996.
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Video
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National Geographic Television. Asteroids: Deadly Impact. 1997.
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Books
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National Geographic Society. Orbit: NASA Astronauts Photograph the Earth. 1996.
National Geographic Society. Everyday Science Explained. 1996.
National Geographic Society. National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our Universe. 1994.
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
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"A Close-up Visit to a Passing Asteroid." (Geographica). January 1994.
Rick Gore. "Dinosaurs." Pages 2-52, January 1993.
"Celestial Rock Group Has a Place in the Sky." (Geographica). November 1990.
Rick Gore."March Toward Extinction." Pages 662-699, June 1989.
Kenneth F. Weaver. "Meteorites--Invaders from Space." Pages 390-418, September 1986.
Rick Gore."The Planets: Between Fire and Ice." Pages 4-51, January 1985.
Kenneth F. Weaver. "Voyage to the Planets." Pages 150-195, August 1970.
Eugene M. Shoemaker. "The Moon Close Up." Pages 690-707, November 1964.
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RESEARCH & EXPLORATION
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Campbell, Kenneth E., et al. "A Newly Discovered Probable Impact Structure in Amazonian Bolivia." Pages 495-499, Autumn 1989.
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WORLD
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"Identified Flying Objects." Pages 2-6, July 1995.
"Eyes in the Sky." Pages 28-33, February 1985.
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Additional Resources (top)
Your local library is also a purveyor of sensitive information. Here are some sources you may search out on the shelves there or at a bookstore.
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Books
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Cox, Donald W. & Chesteck, James H. Doomsday Asteroid: Can We Survive. New York: Prometheus Books, 1996.
Dauber, Philip M. & Muller, Richard A. The Three Big Bangs. Reading Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1996.
Desonie, Dana. Cosmic Collisions. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1996.
Lewis, John S. Rain of Fire and Ice. Reading Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1996.
Verschuur, Gerrit L. Impact! The Threat of Comets and Asteroids. New York, Oxford University Press:1996.
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