Analysis of the space debris impacts risk on the international space station

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 83, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 63-76

  Valsecchi, G B ^a   Rossi, A ^b  

^a INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^b ISTI CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Impact risk; pik's theory; Space debris

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036374064     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020174528386     Document Type: Article

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