Deflection and disruption of asteroids on collision course with Earth

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 53, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 180-196

  Solem, Johndale C ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION COURSE; EXPLOSIVE ENERGY; FRACTURE CHARACTERISTICS; HARD-SPHERE MODELS; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RELATIVE KINETICS; SCALING RELATIONS;

DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); ELASTICITY; EXPLOSIVES; KINETICS;

ASTEROIDS;

EID: 3843094361     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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