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Distribution of velocities of potentially hazardous objects

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Velocities of potentially hazardous objects (asteroids and comets) approaching the Earth are studied. It is shown that for an overwhelming majority of objects the velocity of approach does not exceed 40 km/s. The acceptability of this estimate for design and manufacturing of instruments for detecting hazardous celestial bodies is discussed.

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  1. Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pyatnitskaya ul. 48, 119017, Moscow, Russia

    S. A. Naroenkov & B. M. Shustov

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Original Russian Text © S.A. Naroenkov, B.M. Shustov, 2012, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2012, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 229–233.

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Naroenkov, S.A., Shustov, B.M. Distribution of velocities of potentially hazardous objects. Cosmic Res 50, 221–225 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952512020074

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