NH13A:
Asteroids, Impact Risk, and Planetary Defense II Posters

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Session ID#: 12324

Session Description:
Our session will address near-Earth objects (NEOs) and the development of ways to assess and mitigate the risk they pose to human life, infrastructure, ecosystems, and the global environment. Risk assessment and mitigation includes characterization of material properties, shape, physical attributes (including internal structure and surface morphology), small body dynamics, spin states, and Earth impact effects. Characterization data are required for impact simulations and planetary defense scenario development using high-performance computer simulations. These models inform mission designers of the suitability and effectiveness of various mitigation methods, including kinetic impactors and nuclear explosive devices. We encourage a broad spectrum of opinion in our effort to bring together diverse research efforts for this session.
Primary Convener:  Mark Boslough, University of New Mexico, Earth & Planetary Sciences, 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:  Brent Barbee, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Souheil M Ezzedine, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States, Mark Boslough, University of New Mexico, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Albuquerque, United States and Catherine S Plesko, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Souheil M Ezzedine, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • 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:

Integrated Blowoff and Breakup Calculations for Asteroid Deflection by Nuclear Ablation (145645)
Megan Bruck Syal1, J Michael Owen1, David S. Dearborn2 and Paul L. Miller2, (1)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, United States, (2)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
Hydrocode Models of the Response of a Simplified Asteroid Bennu to a Stand-Off Nuclear Deflection Attempt (136640)
Catherine S Plesko, Jim M Ferguson, Galen R Gisler, Tamra Heberling and Robert Weaver, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Los Alamos Studies of Nuclear Standoff Bursts for Asteroid Mitigation with Full X-ray Transport Techniques (119617)
Robert Weaver, Catherine S Plesko, Galen R Gisler and Tamra Heberling, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Directed Energy Deflection Laboratory Measurements of Asteroids and Space Debris (119153)
Travis Brashears, University of California Santa Barbara, Physics Department, Santa Barbara, CA, United States; University of California Santa Barbara, Physics, Santa Barbara, CA, United States and Philip Lubin, University of California Santa Barbara, Physics, Santa Barbara, United States
Cometary Defense with Directed Energy (118192)
Qicheng Zhang, University of California Santa Barbara, Physics, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, Philip Lubin, University of California Santa Barbara, Physics, Santa Barbara, United States and Gary B. Hughes, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, Statistics, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States
System Concept for Remote Measurement of Asteroid Molecular Composition (119262)
Gary B. Hughes1, Philip Lubin2, Qicheng Zhang3, Travis Brashears4, Alexander N. Cohen3 and Jonathan Madajian3, (1)California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, Statistics, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States, (2)University of California Santa Barbara, Physics, Santa Barbara, United States, (3)University of California Santa Barbara, Physics, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (4)University of California Santa Barbara, Physics Department, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
The Deflection Question (183364)
Adam Hodge Greenberg, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Erika Nesvold, Carnegie Inst Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Washington, DC, United States, Elmarie van Heerden, University of Oxford, Engineering Science, Oxford, United Kingdom, Nicolas Erasmus, South African Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa and Franck Marchis, SETI Institute, Mountain View, United States
The Role of Survey Telescopes for Planetary Defense (136196)
Marc W Buie1, Harold J. Reitsema2 and Ed Lu2, (1)Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)B612 Foundation, Mill Valley, CA, United States
Hazards on Hazards, Ensuring Spacecraft Safety While Sampling Asteroid Surface Materials (180148)
Carina A. Bennett, University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, AZ, United States and Daniella N DellaGiustina, University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, United States
Material Modeling of Stony Meteorites for Mechanical Properties (141836)
Parul Agrawal, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States
The Size Distribution Function of Chondrules in Some African Meteorites (123310)
Dolores Maravilla, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Ciencias Espaciales, Ciudad DE Armería, Mexico and José Luis Leal-Herrera, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Ciudad DE Armería, Mexico
Physical Property Comparison of Meteorite Classes (166754)
Daniel R Ostrowski1,2 and Kathryn Bryson1, (1)Bay Area Environmental Research Institute Moffett Field, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (2)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States
Styding of meteorites of Geological museum (Kazan Federal University): magnetic properties and elemental composition (176837)
Diliara Kuzina, Danis K Nourgaliev, Bulat I Gareev, Georgii A Batalin and Vladimir V Silantiev, Kazan Federal University, Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies, Kazan, Russia
Silicon Carbide Found in K/T Boundary Layer: Implication for Asteroid Collision with Planet Earth (170385)
Irene S Leung and Constance Tsao, CUNY Lehman College, Bronx, NY, United States
Structural Response of the Earth’s Crust to an Extra-Terrestrial Source of Stress by Identifying its Characteristic Pattern (140226)
Bibhasvata Dasgupta, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Earth Sciences, Kolkata, India
Lake Smerdyachee and Crater-Like Basin NE of the Lake: Recent Results (189744)
Dallas H Abbott1, Viacheslav K Gusiakov2, Karina Galinskaya3, Dee L Breger4, Alexei Kiselev5 and Ivan Ivanovich Amelin2, (1)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (2)Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics, Novosibirsk, Russia, (3)Brooklyn College, New York, United States, (4)Micrographic arts, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States, (5)Minin University, Physics and Astronomy, Nizhne Novgorod, Russia
Asteroid airburst altitude vs. strength (179512)
Darrel Kim Robertson, Lorien Wheeler and Donovan Mathias, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States
Atmospheric Breakup and Energy Deposition Modeling for Asteroid Impact Risk Assessmen (191923)
Lorien Wheeler and Donovan Mathias, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States
Seismo-Acoustic Numerical Investigation of Land Impacts, Water Impacts, or Air Bursts of Asteroids (194136)
Souheil M Ezzedine, Paul L Miller and David S. Dearborn, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
Three-Dimensional Simulations of Oblique Asteroid Impacts into Water (122693)
Galen R Gisler, Jim M Ferguson, Tamra Heberling, Catherine S Plesko and Robert Weaver, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Asteroid-Generated Tsunami and Impact Risk (166549)
Mark Boslough1, Michael Aftosmis2, Marsha J Berger3, Souheil M Ezzedine4, Galen Gisler5, Barbara Jennings6, Randall J LeVeque7, Donovan Mathias8, Cynthia McCoy9, Darrel Robertson2, Vasily V Titov10 and Lorien Wheeler8, (1)University of New Mexico, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Albuquerque, United States, (2)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States, (3)New York University, New York, NY, United States, (4)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States, (5)University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, (6)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (7)University of Washington, Applied Mathematics, Seattle, United States, (8)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (9)Federal Emergency Management Agency, Philadelphia, PA, United States, (10)NOAA Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Asteroid Threat Assessment: Land versus Water Impact Risk (192254)
Donovan Mathias1, Lorien Wheeler1, Paul Register2, Michael Aftosmis3, Marsha J Berger4, Randall J LeVeque5 and Darrel Robertson3, (1)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (2)Vanderbilt University, Chemical Engineering and Physics, Nashville, TN, United States, (3)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States, (4)New York University, New York, NY, United States, (5)University of Washington, Applied Mathematics, Seattle, United States

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