Deflecting neos in route of collision with the earth

Icarus

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 417-422

  Carusi, Andrea ^a   Valsecchi, Giovanni B ^a   D’Abramo, Germano ^a   Boattini, Andrea ^a  

^a INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Asteroids, dynamics; Impact processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036798686     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6906     Document Type: Article

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