Mitigation of Hazardous Comets and Asteroids

, by Edited by Michael J. S. Belton , Thomas H. Morgan , Nalin H. Samarasinha , Donald K. Yeomans

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ISBN: 9780521173322 | 0521173329
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 3/3/2011

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This book presents the most recent research on the development of a reliable defense against objects that can potentially collide with the Earth. Large asteroids and comets can collide with the Earth causing severe consequences, and collisions are a random process that can occur at any time. To reduce the threat, it is necessary to understand these potentially hazardous objects.

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Preface
Recent progress in interpreting the nature of the near-Earth object population
Earth impactors: orbital characteristics and warning times
The role of radar in predicting and preventing asteroid and comet collisions with
Interior structures for asteroids and cometary nuclei
What we know and don't know about surfaces of potentially hazardous small bodies
About deflecting asteroids and comets
Scientific requirements for understanding the near-Earth asteroid population
Physical properties of comets and asteroids inferred from fireball observations
Mitigation technologies and their requirements
Peering inside near-Earth objects with radio tomography
Seismological imvestigation of asteroid and comet interiors
Lander and penetrator science for near-Earth object mitigation studies
Optimal interpretation and deflection of Earth-approaching asteroids using low-thrust electric propulsion
Close proximity operations at small bodies: orbiting, hovering, and hopping
Mission operations in low gravity regolith and dust
Impacts and the public: communicating the nature of the impact hazard
Towards a program to remove the threat of hazardous NEOs
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