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The problem of detecting dangerous (in the sense of a collision with the Earth) celestial bodies of natural origin and the modern concept of building a system of detection of such bodies are discussed. The concept includes two items: remote detection of large (>50 m) hazardous objects providing warning time of several tens of days, which is sufficient to allow the active counteraction and detection of hazardous bodies larger than 10 m in near-Earth space providing warning time of few hours, which is sufficient to issue a warning and to carry out mitigation activities. Some examples of this approach and prospects of the international cooperation are discussed.
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Original Russian Text © B.M. Shustov, 2016, published in Kinematika i Fizika Nebesnykh Tel, 2016, Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 11–17.
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Shustov, B.M. On the modern approach to the problem of detecting hazardous celestial bodies. Kinemat. Phys. Celest. Bodies 32, 218–222 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0884591316050093
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