Deflecting asteroids by means of standoff nuclear explosions

Collection of Technical Papers - 2004 Planetary Defense Conference: Protecting Earth from Asteroids

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 320-330

  Gennery, Donald B ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; DISPERSIONS; EARTH (PLANET); ENERGY TRANSFER; EVAPORATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; NEUTRONS; SPACECRAFT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; X RAYS;

ASTEROIDS; ENERGY DEPOSITION; GAUSSIAN FUNCTIONS; NEUTRON ENERGY; NUCLEAR BOMBS;

NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS;

EID: 20344379712     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-1439     Document Type: Conference Paper

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