Rationale and orbital options for a dedicated space-based observatory for NEOs

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1576-1583

  Cellino, A ^a   Muinonen, K ^b   Tedesco, E F ^c  

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c TerraSystems Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Aten asteroids; Impact hazard; Near Earth asteroids: discovery; Near Earth asteroids: physical characterization; Space based IR observations; Thermal radiometry

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; OBSERVATORIES; ORBITS; RADIOMETRY; SPACECRAFT; THERMAL LOAD;

NEAR EARTH OBJECTS (NEO); OPERATIONAL LIFETIME; SATELLITE ORBIT; THERMAL CONSTRAINTS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

ASTEROID;

EID: 2342573686     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00457-5     Document Type: Article

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