Are We Prepared for an Asteroid Headed Straight to Earth?
Author(s) -
Kimberly Cartier
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2018eo101939
Subject(s) - asteroid , astrobiology , earth (classical element) , geology , geodesy , astronomy , physics
A century after an asteroid crashed into Tunguska, Siberia, experts discuss the current lineup of missions to study asteroids and mitigate future disasters should another object from space hit Earth.
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