NH11A:
Characterization of Asteroids, Risk Assessment, and Planetary Defense I Posters


Session ID#: 7518

Session Description:
This session will focus on the characterization of near-Earth objects (NEOs), and the development of ways to assess and mitigate the risk they pose to life and infrastructure on Earth. Attributes to be characterized include material properties, shape, physical structure (including internal structure and surface morphology), small body dynamics, spin states, and Earth impact effects. Characterization data serve as input for impact simulations and planetary defense scenario development using high performance computer models that are used to inform mission designers of the suitability and effectiveness of various mitigation methods, including kinetic impactors and nuclear explosive devices. This session is intended to bring together a broad spectrum of related research efforts, and a diversity of opinion is encouraged.
Primary Convener:  Mark Boslough, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, United States
Conveners:  Catherine S Plesko, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, Souheil M Ezzedine, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States and Brent Barbee, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Chairs:  Catherine S Plesko, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States and Mark Boslough, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Brent Barbee, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Co-Organized with:
Natural Hazards, Planetary Sciences, and Public Affairs

Cross-Listed:
  • P - Planetary Sciences
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

4333 Disaster risk analysis and assessment [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4339 Disaster mitigation [NATURAL HAZARDS]
6022 Impact phenomena [PLANETARY SCIENCES: COMETS AND SMALL BODIES]
6205 Asteroids [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Paleozoic Akiyoshi broken limestone of iron and carbon-bearing quenched veins by impacts on water Earth (86244)
Yasunori Miura, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
The Lockne - Målingen doublet impacts, the result of a binary asteroid from the 470 Ma Main Asteroid Belt event (64344)
Erik C Sturkell, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Jens Ormo, Centro de Astrobiologia (INTA-CSIC), Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain, Carl Alwmark, Department of Geology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden and Henry Melosh, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
V-type NEAs: Impacts and close encounters with terrestrial planets (58364)
Mattia Galiazzo1, Dr. Elizabeth A Silber, PhD2, David Bancelin3, Paul Wiegert1 and Gordon R Osinski4, (1)University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, (2)University of Western Ontario, Department of Earth Sciences, London, ON, Canada, (3)University of Vienna, Institute of Astrophysics, Vienna, Austria, (4)University of Western Ontario, Physics and Astronomy, London, ON, Canada
Paleomagnetism and Mineralogy of Unusual Silicate Glasses and Baked Soils on the Surface of the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile: A Major Airburst Impact ~12ka ago?. (60319)
Pierrick Jean Roperch1, Nicolas Blanco2, Millarca Valenzuela3, Jerome Gattacceca4, Bertrand Devouard5, Jean-Pierre Lorand6, Andrew J Tomlinson2, Cesar Arriagada7 and Pierre Rochette8, (1)CNRS, Paris Cedex 16, France, (2)SERNAGEOMIN National Geology and Mining Service, Santiago, Chile, (3)Instituto astrofisica PUC, Santiago, Chile, (4)CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence Cedex, France, (5)CEREGE, Aix-Marseille Université / CNRS, Aix-en-Provence, France, (6)LPGN Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes, Nantes Cedex 03, France, (7)University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, (8)CEREGE ARBOIS, Aix En Provence, France
What is the Origin of Carbonate Rich Chevron Dunes in Southern Madagascar? (69696)
Dallas H Abbott, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States, Viacheslav K Gusiakov, Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics, Novosibirsk, Russia, Gérard Rambolamanana, Institute and Observatory of Geophysics Antananarivo-University of Antananarivo, Physics, Antananarivo, Madagascar, Karina Galinskaya, Brooklyn College, New York, United States, Andriamiranto Raveloson, Penn State, State College, PA, United States and Dee L Breger, Micrographic arts, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States
Can Plume-Forming Asteroid Airbursts Generate Meteotsunami in Deep Water? (66350)
Mark Boslough, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, United States
Numerical Investigation of the Consequences of Land Impacts, Water Impacts, or Air Bursts of Asteroids (70086)
Souheil M Ezzedine1, David S. Dearborn1, Paul L Miller1 and WCI/LLNL, (1)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
The shapes of fragments in hypervelocity impact experiments ranging from cratering to catastrophic disruption (59219)
Tatsuhiro Michikami1, Axel Hagermann2, Tokiyuki Kadokawa3, Akifumi Yoshida1, Akira Shimada3, Sunao Hasegawa4 and Akira Tsuchiyama3, (1)Kinki University, Osaka, Japan, (2)The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, (3)Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, (4)Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan
Meteorite fractures and the behavior of meteoroids in the atmosphere (69799)
Kathryn Bryson1,2, Daniel R Ostrowski1 and Derek W.G. Sears2, (1)Bay Area Environmental Research Institute Moffett Field, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (2)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States
Time Resolved Temperature Measurement of Hypervelocity Impact Generated Plasma Using a Global Optimization Method (79202)
Yayu Monica Hew1, Ivan Linscott1 and Sigrid Close2, (1)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, (2)Stanford University, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford, United States
Scale-Dependent Measurements of Meteorite Strength and Fragmentation: Tamdakht (H5) and Allende (CV3). (81634)
Desiree Cotto-Figueroa1, Erik I Asphaug2, Laurence A J Garvie1, Melissa Morris3, Ashwin Rai1, Aditi Chattopadhyay1, Joel Johnston1 and Luke Borkowski1, (1)Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, (2)University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, AZ, United States, (3)University of Colorado at Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and Department of Chemistry, Boulder, United States
Planetary Defense and the High Temperture Physical Properties of Meteorites. (73329)
Daniel R Ostrowski, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute Moffett Field; NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA, United States, Derek W.G. Sears, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States and Kathryn Bryson, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute Moffett Field, Moffett Field, CA, United States
Effect of Different Rock Models on Hydrocode Simulations of Asteroid Airburst and Impact Blast (85036)
Darrel Kim Robertson and Donovan Mathias, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States
Near Earth Asteroid Characteristics for Asteroid Threat Assessment (84492)
Jessie Dotson1, Diane H Wooden2, Kathryn Bryson3 and Daniel R Ostrowski3, (1)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States, (2)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (3)Bay Area Environmental Research Institute Moffett Field, Moffett Field, CA, United States
Two radars for the AIM mission to characterize the regolith and deep interior structure of the asteroid (78159)
Valerie Ciarletti, UVSQ (UPSay); UPMC (Sorbonne Univ.); CNRS/INSU; LATMOS-IPSL, Guyancourt, France, Alain Herique, University Joseph Fourier Grenoble, Grenboble, France, Dirk Plettemeier, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany and HFR & LFR teams
Characterization of NEOs from the Policy Perspective: Implications from Problem and Solution Definitions (79368)
Eric Lindquist, Boise State University, Boise, ID, United States
Phase-Angle Dependence of Determinations of Diameter, Albedo, and Taxonomy: A case study of NEO 3691 Bede (81560)
Diane H Wooden, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, Susan M Lederer, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, United States, Emmanuel Jehin, University of Liège, OrCa - STAR institute, Liege, Belgium, Ellen S Howell, University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, AZ, United States, Yanga R Fernandez, University of Central Florida, Department of Physics, Orlando, FL, United States, David E Harker, University of California San Diego, CASS, La Jolla, United States, Erin L Ryan, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Amy Lovell, Agnes Scott College, Physics & Astronomy, Decatur, GA, United States, Charles E. Woodward, Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, Minneapolis, MN, United States and Lance Benner, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States
Characterization of the Interior Density Structure of Near Earth Objects with Muons (81656)
Thomas H Prettyman1, Mark V Sykes2, Richard S Miller3, Lawrence S. Pinsky4, Anton Empl5, Michael C Nolan6, Steven L Koontz7, David J Lawrence8, David W Mittlefehldt9 and Brandon D. Reddell9, (1)Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)Planetary Science Institute Tempe, Tempe, AZ, United States, (3)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (4)University of Houston, Physics, Houston, TX, United States, (5)University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States, (6)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (7)NASA Johnson Space Ctr, Houston, TX, United States, (8)Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, (9)NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, United States
Kinetic-Impact Asteroid Defense: Dependence on Porosity and Composition (82282)
Galen R Gisler, Jim M Ferguson, Catherine S Plesko and Robert Weaver, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Hydrocode Model Representations of Asteroid 101955 Bennu (84100)
Catherine S Plesko, Jim M Ferguson, Galen R Gisler and Robert Weaver, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Optimization of the Leading Penetrator for the HAIV/NIAC Mission Concept (66785)
Robert Weaver1, Brent Barbee2, Bong Wie3 and Ben Zimmerman3, (1)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)Iowa State University, Aerospace Engineering, Ames, IA, United States
Mission Designs for Demonstrating Gravity Tractor Asteroid Deflection (65070)
Michael Busch1, Nicolas Faber2, Siegfried Eggl3, David Morrison1,2, Ashley Clark4, Chad Frost5, Belgacem A Jaroux2 and Vatsala Khetawat2, (1)SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, United States, (2)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (3)Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France, (4)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, (5)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States
Roadmap for an EArth Defense Initiative (READI) (76335)
James D Burke1, Alaa Hussain2, Anushree Soni2, Joan Johnson-Freese3, Jonathan Faull2, Nikola Schmidt2, Thomas Wilson2 and Madhu Thangavelu4, (1)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)International Space University, Strasbourg, France, (3)IS Naval War College, Newport, RI, United States, (4)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States

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