Lessons from the Chelyabinsk event

Lessons from the Chelyabinsk event

Recent investigations on small asteroids, initiated by the Chelyabinsk event, are reviewed. New estimates of the terrestrial impact rate, importance of Sun-grazing conditions in the evolution of near-Earth objects, and problems associated with dangerous objects approaching the Earth from the Sun dir...

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Veröffentlicht in:Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 2015-08, Vol.10 (S318), p.239-241
Hauptverfasser: Emel'yanenko, Vacheslav V, Chesley, SR, Morbidelli, A, Jedicke, R, Farnocchia, D
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Asteroids
Astronomical bodies
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Contributed Papers
Dangerous
Earth
Estimates
Evolution
Near-earth objects
Sun
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Zusammenfassung:Recent investigations on small asteroids, initiated by the Chelyabinsk event, are reviewed. New estimates of the terrestrial impact rate, importance of Sun-grazing conditions in the evolution of near-Earth objects, and problems associated with dangerous objects approaching the Earth from the Sun direction are discussed.
ISSN:1743-9213
1743-9221
DOI:10.1017/S1743921315008418