Colliding Worlds: How Cosmic Encounters Shaped Planets and Life

Marchi, Simone

ISBN 10: 0198845405 / ISBN 13: 9780198845409

Published by Oxford University Press, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Colliding Worlds: How Cosmic Encounters Shaped Planets and Life
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198845405
• ISBN 13: 9780198845409
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Drawing on the latest research, Simone Marchi describes the vital role that collisions in space have played in the formation and evolution of the solar system and inner planets. Comparing the evidence from the surfaces of our planetary neighbours, he explains the impact of these strikes on the Earth and our Moon, and on the evolution of life.

About the Author

Dr. Simone Marchi is a Principal Scientist at Southwest Research in Boulder, Colorado. His interests cover the formation and geology of the terrestrial planets, the Moon, and asteroids. He is Deputy Project scientist for the NASA Lucy mission, and Co-Investigator of the NASA Psyche mission, NASA Dawn mission, and ESA BepiColombo. He is a member of the science teams of the ESA JUICE and Rosetta missions. Marchi won the international Farinella Prize and NASA's Susan Mahan Neibur Early Career Award for his studies of the impact histories of terrestrial planets and asteroids and early evolution of the Solar System. He is also the recipient of several NASA and ESA mission group achievement awards, and has an asteroid named after him by the International Astronomical Union: Asteroid 72543 Simonemarchi. His work is regularly featured on the news.