NEO orbit uncertainties and their effect on risk assessment

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

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 60-68

  Peterson, Glenn E ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHOS ORBIT; NEAR EARTH OBJECT (NEO); POLICY DECISION; SPACECRAFT DESIGN;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EARTH (PLANET); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ORBITS;

EID: 20344392912     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

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