Interception of comets and asteroids on collision course with earth

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 222-228

  Solem, Johndale C ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; EARTH (PLANET); EXPLOSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKETS; TRAJECTORIES;

ASTEROIDS; BLOWOFF FRACTION; BLOWOFF MASS; COLLISION COURSE; COMETS; INTERCEPTOR INITIAL MASS; KINETIC ENERGY DEFLECTION; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE DEFLECTION; ROCKET INTERCEPTORS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0027557070     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.11531     Document Type: Article

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