Asteroid deflection: The mirror ablation approach

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

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 407-411

  Melosh, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID DEFLECTION; SOLAR SAILS; SUNLIGHT; SURFACE ROCKS;

DUST; EARTH (PLANET); MIRRORS; ROCKS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE SHUTTLES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 20344390043     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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