CAOSP abstracts, Volume: 35, No.: 2, year: 2005

Author(s): Galád, A.
Journal: Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnaté Pleso, vol. 35, no. 2, p. 65-75.
Date: 06/2005
Title: On intrinsic collision probability of subkilometer asteroids with the Earth
Keyword(s): Earth, asteroids, collision
Pages: 65 -- 75

Abstract: The number of known Earth crossing asteroids (ECAs) approaching the Earth within a distance of 0.1 AU during a time period of 150 yr is used to derive the intrinsic collision probability P_i. P_i strongly depends on the asteroid absolute magnitude H in the studied interval between 17.0 and 20.0. However, it is shown that the dependence may be strongly reduced after a higher percentage of the total population of ECAs up to a given H is known.

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