Mathematics – Probability
Scientific paper
Jun 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008em%26p..102..425s&link_type=abstract
Earth, Moon, and Planets, Volume 102, Issue 1-4, pp. 425-434
Mathematics
Probability
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Apophis, Near Earth Asteroids, Impact Risk, Impact Probability, Virtual Asteroids, Virtual Impactors, Neodys
Scientific paper
On December 20, 2004 the Minor Planet Center issued the Minor Planet Electronic Circular (MPEC) 2004-Y25 announcing the discovery of a new Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) with designation 2004 MN4. Only two days later, when the Christmas holidays were about to begin, it was already apparent that this asteroid, currently known as Apophis, would be notorious: our close-approach monitoring system, CLOMON2, was already showing a Virtual Impactor (VI) in 2029 reaching the level 2 in the Torino Scale, the first asteroid to reach that level since our monitoring system had been operational. However, this was just the beginning of what it was to come in the subsequent days. In this paper we will give an overview of the NEODyS-CLOMON2 system and provide the details on how Apophis’ collision scenario evolved, the way NEODyS’ team handled it and the crazy 2004’ Christmas holidays we had due to this unexpected guest.
Arratia Oscar
Sansaturio Maria Eugenia
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