The observing campaign on the deep-space debris WT1190F as a test case for short-warning NEO impacts
Journal
Date Issued
2018
Author(s)
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Koschny, Detlef
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Drolshagen, Gerhard
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Perozzi, Ettore
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Hainaut, Olivier
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Lemmens, Stijn
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Nomen, Jaime
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Sánchez-Ortiz, Noelia
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Marinello, Wladimiro
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Pizzetti, Gianpaolo
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Soffiantini, Andrea
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Fan, Siwei
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Frueh, Carolin
Abstract
On 2015 November 13, the small artificial object designated WT1190F entered the Earth atmosphere above the Indian Ocean offshore Sri Lanka after being discovered as a possible new asteroid only a few weeks earlier. At ESA's SSA-NEO Coordination Centre we took advantage of this opportunity to organize a ground-based observational campaign, using WT1190F as a test case for a possible similar future event involving a natural asteroidal body.
Volume
304
Start page
4
Issn Identifier
0019-1035
Ads BibCode
2018Icar..304....4M
Rights
open.access