Hydrocode Models of Mitigation of a 170-Meter-Diameter Asteroid Using Energetic Techniques

Catherine S Plesko1, Galen R Gisler1, Tamra Heberling1, Boonthanome Nouanesengsy2, John Patchett2, Irina Sagert3, Terrence J Tarnowsky4, Robert Weaver1 and NASA/NNSA Inter-Agency Agreement on Planetary Defense Team, (1)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (2)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Computer, Computational and Statistical Sciences Division, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (3)Los Alamos National Laboratory, XTD-IDA, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (4)Los Alamos National Laboratory, CCS-2, Los Alamos, NM, United States