Laser Requirements to Detect and Deflect the Death Asteroid
In this paper we claim that the most likely surprise visit from an epoch-ending NEO (near-Earth object) is one arriving from the Oort Cloud on a radial track toward the Sun, rather than co-orbiting with the Earth. We assume the Breakthrough Starshot laser has been funded and used to launch small pho...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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IFSA Publishing, S.L.
2023-06-01
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| Series: | Sensors & Transducers |
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| Online Access: | https://sensorsportal.com/HTML/DIGEST/september_2023/Vol_262/P_3305.pdf |