Asteroid and NEA detection models
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We determine the possible detection rate of asteroids with the Bering mission. In particular we examine the outcome of the Bering mission in relation to the populations of Near-Earth Asteroids and main belt asteroids. This is done by constructing synthetic populations of asteroids, based on the current best estimates of the asteroid size-distributions. From the detailed information obtained from the simulations, the scientific feasibility of Bering is demonstrated and the key technical requirement for the scientific instruments on Bering is determined.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0310430,
title = {Asteroid and NEA detection models},
author = {Rene Michelsen and Henning Haack and Anja C. Andersen and John L. Joergensen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0310430},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
6 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Recent Advances in Space Technologies, IEEE Proceedings XX, in press