Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ILLUSTRATIONS vii
4. PREFACE xi
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
6. CHAPTER 1. Earth’s Closest Neighbors 1
7. CHAPTER 2. The Solar System’s Origin 15
8. CHAPTER 3. How and Where Do Near- Earth Objects Form? 29
9. CHAPTER. 4. Near- Earth Objects As the Enablers and Destroyers of Life 47
10. CHAPTER 5. Discovering and Tracking Near- Earth Objects 57
11. CHAPTER 6. The Nature of Asteroids and Comets 79
12. CHAPTER 7. Nature’s Natural Resources and the Human Exploration of Our Solar System 100
13. CHAPTER 8. Near- Earth Objects as Threats to Earth 109
14. CHAPTER 9. Predicting the Likelihood of an Earth Impact 125
15. CHAPTER 10. Deflecting an Earth- Threatening Near- Earth Object 140
16. References 155
17. Index Of Asteroid And Cometary Objects 159
18. INDEX 161