Orbital dispersion simulation of near-earth object deflection/fragmentation by nuclear explosions

60th International Astronautical Congress 2009, IAC 2009

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 5132-5140

  Kaplinger, B ^a   Wie, B ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO; DISPERSION SIMULATIONS; HIGH ENERGY; INITIAL CONDITIONS; NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS; QUASI-RANDOM PROCESS; RELATIVE MOTION; TIME-SCALES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 77953557003     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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