Astronomical School’s Report, 2002, Volume 3, Issue 2, Pages 55–57

https://doi.org/10.18372/2411-6602.03.2055
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UDC 521.1:523.44

Celestial mechanics aspect of preventing the asteroid hazard

Aleksandrov Yu.V.1, Kuznetsov A.Yu.1, Kuznetsov Yu.A.2

1Kharkiv V.N.Karazin National University, Ukraine
2JSC "Khartron", Ukraine

Abstract

Changing an asteroid orbit with the aim to prevent a catastrophic collision with the Earth is shown to be impossible at the present state of space rocket engineering.

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