Assessment and Mitigation of Asteroid Impact Hazards Proceedings of the 2015 Barcelona Asteroid Day /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Trigo-Rodríguez, Josep M. (Editor), Gritsevich, Maria (Editor), Palme, Herbert (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, 46
• Subjects: Physics.; Mineralogy.; Planetology.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).

This volume is a compilation of the research presented at the International Asteroid Day workshop which was celebrated at Barcelona on June 30th, 2015. The proceedings discuss the beginning of a new era in the study and exploration of the solar system’s minor bodies. International Asteroid Day comme...

Table of Contents:

• Barcelona Asteroid Day 2015: Revisiting the Threat by Asteroid and Comet Impact
• Dynamic Sources of Contemporary Hazard From Meteoroids and Small Asteroids
• The Chemistry of Solar System Materials: Sun, Planets, Asteroids, Meteorites and Dust
• Shape Models and Physical Properties of Asteroids
• Asteroid Mining: Mineral Resources in Undifferentiated Bodies From the Chemical Composition of Carbonaceous Chondrites
• Atomistic Simulations of Aqueous Alteration Processes of Mafic Silicates in Carbonaceous Chondrites
• Measuring the Terminal Heights of Bolides to Understand the Atmospheric Flight of Large Asteroidal Fragments
• Constraining the Pre-Atmospheric Parameters of Large Meteoroids: Košice, A Case Study
• Detection of Nocturnal and Daylight Bolides From Ebre Observatory in the Framework of the SPMN Fireball Network
• Natural Hazard Associated to Shock Waves of Meter-Sized Meteoroids
• Chelyabinsk Meteorite As A Proxy for Studying the Properties of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids and Impact Deflection Strategies
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteorite-Dropping Bolides Studied From the Montsec Astronomical Observatory. .