Possibility of collision between co-orbital asteroids and the Earth

Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-107

  Domingos, R C ^a   Winter, O C ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asteroid; Co orbital; Collision; Earth

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; ORBITS;

CIRCULAR RESTRICTED THREE-BODY PROBLEMS; CO-ORBITAL; COLLISION; ORBITALS; RADIAL DISTANCE; RADIAL POSITION; RESTRICTED THREE-BODY PROBLEM; TWO-BODY PROBLEM; TWO-BODY SYSTEMS;

ASTEROIDS;

EID: 80053484624     PISSN: 22383603     EISSN: 18070302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1807-03022005000100006     Document Type: Article

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