Limits on the use of nuclear explosives for asteroid deflection

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-111

  Syal, Megan Bruck ^a   Dearborn, David S P ^b   Schultz, Peter H ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroid deflection; NEO mitigation; Planetary defense; Standoff nuclear explosion

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS;

ASTEROID DEFLECTION; CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; NEAR SURFACES; NEO MITIGATION; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES; PLANETARY DEFENSE; WARNING TIME;

ASTEROIDS;

EID: 84885670653     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.10.025     Document Type: Article

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