Minimum delta-V for deflecting Earth-Crossing Asteroids

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 97 PART 2, Issue , 1997, Pages 1969-1978

  Park, Sang Young ^a,b   Elder, Jeffrey T ^a   Ross, I Michael ^a,b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

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EID: 3342912211     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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