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Kinetic impact of a space vehicle with asteroid on collision course with earth

2023; MedCrave Group; Volume: 7; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.15406/aaoaj.2023.07.00177

2576-4500

Antônio Delson C. de Jesus, Fabrício Pereira de Oliveira, Robson Lemos Rodovalho,

High-pressure geophysics and materials

NEO (Near Earth Objects) are near-Earth space objects (asteroids and comets), whose orbit approaches the planet at one third of the average Earth-Sun distance. NEO are potentially capable of hitting Earth in the next century, with the exception of comets that can do so by the gravitational effect of Jupiter, pushing them into the Solar System. Current estimates1 indicate about 940 near-Earth objects larger than 1 kilometer in diameter. The US Congress has set targets for NASA's search for NEO, with 90% of them with a diameter of up to 1 km or greater in 10 years. This was motivated by a recent discovery in 2009 of a NEO approximately 2 to 3 km in diameter. These objects could cause global devastation if they hit Earth. In this research the NEO-Earth collision dynamics is studied and a statistic of physical and technological parameters is established as a mitigation strategy.