Abstract
The process of optimizing the deflection of dangerous asteroids is addressed. It is demonstrated that a near-optimal determination of the direction in which impulse should be applied to the asteroid, as well as the resulting deflection, can be found without any explicit optimization. The method is easily applied to the true, three-dimensional geometry of the problem.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1035-1037 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2001 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Aerospace Engineering
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Space and Planetary Science