Near Earth Objects, Our Celestial Neighbors (IAU S236): Opportunity and Risk

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Cambridge University Press, 2007年5月24日 - 500 頁
Near Earth Objects (NEOs), asteroids and comets, are the closest neighbors of the Earth-Moon system. They allow research not yet possible on more distant bodies. The IAU Symposium 236 focused on the specific observation and modeling techniques for NEOs, including radar, exploration by spacecraft, measurement of non-gravitational perturbations; also on the next generation surveys expected to increase a hundred-fold the NEO discovery rate. With data from first generation NEO surveys, we now understand how they formed and evolve, dynamically and physically, opening a window on the universal astrophysical phenomenon of collision, leaving clear markings on the surfaces of planets, including the Earth. NEOs with orbits crossing that of the Earth are also a source of impact risks and potential NEO collisions with the Earth represent a long term threat. Mankind has to put in place a chain of mitigating actions; NEO astronomers have successfully put in place the first link.
 

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On the Lyapounov exponents of the asteroidal motion subject to resonances
15
Resonant transNeptunian objects as a source of Jupiterfamily comets
31
Migration of comets the terrestrial planets
55
Some aspects of the statistics of nearEarth objects
69
Mostly dormant comets in the NEO population and the meteoroid streams that
87
Properties of meteoroids from different classes of parent bodies
107
Equipment meth
121
Is the nearEarth asteroid 2000 PG3 an extinct comet?
135
Current NEO surveys
323
Spacewatch preparations for the era of deep allsky surveys
329
The next decade of Solar System discovery with PanSTARRS
341
Comprehensive NEO Detection Characterization and Orbits
353
Searching for near Earth objects using Lowell observatorys Discovery Channel
363
NEOrelated scientific and outreach activities at KLENOT
371
Astrometry of small Solar System bodies at the Molėtai observatory
377
Kharkiv study nearEarth asteroids
385

Imaging the NEO population
151
NEA rotations and binaries
167
Physical models of asteroids from sparse photometric data
191
Products
211
Collision and impact simulations including porosity
223
Similarities and discrepancies between Main Belt
239
The power of groundbased midinfrared observations
261
NearEarthobject identification over apparitions using nbody ranging
281
Initial linking methods and their classification
301
The observations of near Earth objects by the automatic mirror astrograph
391
The nature of asteroid Itokawa revealed by Hayabusa
401
Keplerian consequences of an impact on an asteroid and their relevance for a
417
Asteroid mass determination with the Gaia mission
435
Albedo and size of 99942 Apophis from polarimetric observations
451
The IAU role
467
15 years ago now and in the near future
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