Passive sorting of asteroid material using solar radiation pressure [PDF]
, 2013 Understanding dust dynamics in asteroid environments is key for future science missions to asteroids and, in the long-term, also for asteroid exploitation.
Sanchez Cuartielles, Joan-Pau +5 more
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Mirror formation control in the vicinity of an asteroid [PDF]
, 2008 Two strategies are presented for the positioning and control of a spacecraft formation designed to focus sunlight onto a point on the surface of asteroid, thereby sublimating the material and ejecting debris creating thrust.
Vasile, M. +8 more
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A smart cloud approach to asteroid deflection [PDF]
, 2011 This paper presents a novel idea for the successful deflection of asteroids. Adapted initially from the kinematic impactor approach, this new concept – Smart Cloud – combines the relative benefits of the ion beam shepard in providing a large cloud of ...
Vasile, Massimiliano, Gibbings, Alison
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Assessment on the feasibility of future shepherding of asteroid resources [PDF]
, 2012 Most plausible futures for space exploration and exploitation require a large mass in Earth orbit. Delivering this mass requires overcoming the Earth’s natural gravity well, which imposes a distinct obstacle to any future space venture.
Sanchez Cuartielles, Joan-Pau +1 more
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Environmental Impact of Silicic Magmatism in Large Igneous Province Events
Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 133-151., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Scott E. Bryan
wiley +1 more source
Switching ATP‐Forming Phosphoryl‐Transfer Chemistry With a Restricted Set of Amino Acids
Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.Constraints on amino acid composition relevant to prebiotic chemistry reshape enzyme chemistry by replacing the canonical mechanism within a conserved protein fold with a distinct ATP‐forming reaction, ADP disproportionation. Such constraints generate alternative catalytic solutions not observed in modern enzymes and point to chemically plausible early
Sota Yagi +3 more
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Carbon Speciation and Solubility in Silicate Melts
Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 179-194., 2020 This book is Open Access. A digital copy can be downloaded for free from Wiley Online Library.
Explores the behavior of carbon in minerals, melts, and fluids under extreme conditions
Carbon trapped in diamonds and carbonate-bearing rocks in subduction zones are examples of the continuing exchange of substantial carbon ...
Natalia Solomatova +2 more
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Magnetic field measurements during the ROSETTA flyby at asteroid (21) Lutetia [PDF]
, 2011 On July 10, 2010, the ROSETTA spacecraft performed a flyby at asteroid (21) Lutetia at a solar distance of 2.72 AU. The spacecraftâ  asteroid distance at closest approach was 3120 km.
Glassmeier, K.H. +19 more
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Ejecta distribution and momentum transfer from oblique impacts on asteroid surfaces [PDF]
, 2021 NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission will impact its target asteroid, Dimorphos, at an oblique angle that will not be known prior to the impact.
Raducan, Sabina-Denisa +8 more
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Deflecting small asteroids using laser ablation : Deep space navigation and asteroid orbit control for LightTouch2 Mission [PDF]
, 2013 This paper presents a low-cost, low mass, mission design to successfully intercept and deflect a small and faint, 4 m in diameter asteroid. Intended to be launched after 2025, the laser-ablating mission, LightTouch2 will be used to deflect the orbit of ...
Sanchez Cuartielles, Joan-Pau +4 more
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