| Target selection for the Don Quijote mission. Report to ESA of the Near-Earth Asteroid Mission Advisory Panel (NEOMAP) (2005) | |||||||||||
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| Target Selection for the Don Quijote Mission Near Earth Object Mission Advisory Panel Report ESA February The Near Earth Object Mission Advisory Panel NEOMAP Harris German Aerospace Center DLR Institute Planetary Research Berlin Chair Benz Physikaliches Institut Universit Bern Fitzsimmons Astrophysics Planetary Science Division The Queen University Belfast Green Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute The Open University Michel Observatoire te Azur CNRS Valsecchi INAF IASF Roma ESA NEOMAP Technical Officer Galvez ESA Advanced Concepts Team Front page picture credits Deimos Space ESA Table Contents Glossary Frequently Used Technical Terms and Acronyms Introduction Mission Relevant NEO Characteristics NEO Characteristics Requirements Preferences for the Don Quijote Target Target Selection Mitigation Relevant Science Return References Acknowledgements Glossary Frequently Used Technical Terms and Acronyms Albedo Amor Measure the reflectivity object surface Near Earth asteroid with orbit having perihelion distance the range that therefore does not cross the Earth orbit the present time Near Earth asteroid with orbit having perihelion distance less than the Earth aphelion distance and semi major axis greater than Near Earth asteroid having semi major axis less than and aphelion distance greater than the Earth perihelion distance Astronomical Unit mean Earth Sun distance Absolute magnitude the visual magnitude observer would record the asteroid were distance from the observe | |||||||||||
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