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The opportune location for a kinetic impactor to disrupt potentially hazardous asteroids
Planetary and Space Science ( IF 1.8 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-16 , DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2021.105305
Ana Helena Fernandes Guimarães 1 , Safwan Aljbaae 1 , Antonio Fernando Bertachini de Almeida Prado 1
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Several studies have proposed a way to mitigate a possible threat given by an asteroid approach to the Earth. However, the possibility to deviate or break such bodies depends mainly on their physical characteristics. Our work aims to determine the best region for human interference in the object's trajectory. It means that we will search for the region of minimal internal forces that keep the body as a single unit, which is the best point for the asteroid breakup. We report that the consideration of the body resistance, while it belongs to the strength regime size, shall be the key to find the best location for an interception. We use the Johnson-Kendall-Roberts (JKR) theory to add adhesive contact forces between the target body's micro-sized particle constituents. We also solve the balanced equation for tidal due to Earth for the body, and we consider it with and without adhesion forces. We see that the best approach region happens while the self-gravity is minimized by the Earth's gravity, which occurs when the body is still held in one piece by the inter-particles forces. It means that we do not expect a natural breakup. Nevertheless, these minimum adhesion forces points are the best options to target a spacecraft for a collision that breaks the asteroids if it is necessary to do so.



中文翻译:

动能撞击器破坏具有潜在危险的小行星的合适位置

几项研究提出了一种减轻小行星接近地球可能带来的威胁的方法。然而,偏离或破坏这些物体的可能性主要取决于它们的物理特性。我们的工作旨在确定人类干扰物体轨迹的最佳区域。这意味着我们将寻找使天体保持为一个整体的最小内力区域,这是小行星破裂的最佳点。我们报告说,身体阻力的考虑虽然属于力量范围大小,但应该是找到最佳拦截位置的关键。我们使用 Johnson-Kendall-Roberts (JKR) 理论在目标物体的微型颗粒成分之间添加粘附接触力。我们还解决了地球潮汐对身体的平衡方程,我们在有和没有粘附力的情况下考虑它。我们看到最好的接近区域发生在自重力被地球引力最小化的时候,当身体仍然被粒子间力保持一体时,就会发生这种情况。这意味着我们不期望自然分手。尽管如此,如果有必要,这些最小附着力点是针对航天器进行碰撞破坏小行星的最佳选择。

更新日期:2021-07-24
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