The solar collector and near-Earth object deflection

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 62, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 334-337

  Matloff, Gregory L ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IAA Section 2 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTONS;

EARTH-THREATENING; NEO COMPOSITION; SOLAR DISTANCE;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

EID: 38749151535     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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