Asteroids as a factor of threat to civilization

Authors

  • B.E. Zhilyaev Main Astronomical Observatory of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15407/visn2016.03.070

Abstract

The article briefly discusses some issues relating to the asteroid hazard and possible consequences of asteroid and comet collisions with Earth, analyzes the basic principles for calculating the probability of asteroid collisions with Earth. It is shown that the asteroid hazard limits the period of existence of civilizations in the range 50–100 kyr.

References

Report of the Task Force on Potentially Hazardous Near Earth Objects. September 2000. http://spaceguardcentre.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/full_report.pdf.

Near Earth Objects Program. http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk.

Handbook on probability calculations. Moscow: Voenizdat, 1970.

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Published

2016-03-21

How to Cite

Zhilyaev, B. (2016). Asteroids as a factor of threat to civilization. Visnyk of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, (3), 71–76. https://doi.org/10.15407/visn2016.03.070

Issue

No. 3 (2016): Visnyk of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Section

ARTICLES AND REVIEWS