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Gravitational maneuvers as a way to direct small asteroids to trajectory of a rendezvous with dangerous near-Earth objects

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A possibility to prevent collisions with the Earth of dangerous celestial bodies by directing at them small asteroids is considered. It is proposed to solve this problem using a gravitational maneuver near the Earth.

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  1. Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Profsoyuznaya 84/32, Moscow, 117997, Russia

    R. R. Nazirov & N. A. Eismont

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Original Russian Text © R.R. Nazirov, N.A. Eismont, 2010, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2010, Vol. 48, No. 5, pp. 491–496.

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Nazirov, R.R., Eismont, N.A. Gravitational maneuvers as a way to direct small asteroids to trajectory of a rendezvous with dangerous near-Earth objects. Cosmic Res 48, 479–484 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952510050175

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