It takes the average reader 1 hour and 57 minutes to read Near-Earth Objects and the Impact Hazard - Topic 2 by Andrew J. Ball
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This topic describes the low-probability but high-consequence hazard posed to Earth by asteroids and comets. The book introduces the astronomy of Solar System bodies and describes the evidence for past impacts on Earth, both small impacts such as Barringer Crater that formed 50,000 years ago and extremely rare events such as the end-Cretaceous impacts at Chicxulub. The book also examines the consequences of a major impact on present-day Earth and the progress towards detecting the potentially threatening bodies that orbit close to the Earth.
Near-Earth Objects and the Impact Hazard - Topic 2 by Andrew J. Ball is 115 pages long, and a total of 29,325 words.
This makes it 39% the length of the average book. It also has 36% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 40 minutes to read Near-Earth Objects and the Impact Hazard - Topic 2 aloud.
Near-Earth Objects and the Impact Hazard - Topic 2 is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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