A multi-mirror solution for the deflection of dangerous NEOS

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4139-4152

  Vasile, Massimiliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial equilibrium points; Asteroid deflection; Formation flying; Multiobjective optimization

Indexed keywords

ASTEROIDS; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); MIRRORS; ORBITS;

ARTIFICIAL EQUILIBRIUM POINT; ASTEROID DEFLECTION; CLOSE PROXIMITY; DEFLECTION TECHNIQUES; FIXED POINTS; FORMATION FLYING; MULTI-MIRROR; MULTI-OBJECTIVES OPTIMIZATION; NEAR EARTH OBJECTS; PERIODIC FORMATION;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 67249165771     PISSN: 10075704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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