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NEO Impact Projections
Author(s) -
REMO JOHN L.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1370.010
Subject(s) - metric (unit) , projection (relational algebra) , object (grammar) , environmental science , perception , computer science , environmental resource management , econometrics , mathematics , artificial intelligence , engineering , psychology , operations management , algorithm , neuroscience
A bstract : The concept of a near‐Earth object (NEO) impact projection metric (PM) based on the ratio of the observation time to the impact time, ρ( t ), for a projected NEO impact is developed. The PM can assist NEO mitigation decision‐making that is based on the discontinuously changing cumulative impact probability and help mitigate false alarms of NEO impact with Earth that have undermined public perception toward the veracity of predicting NEO threats.