Near Earth Object Impact Hazard

Impact Image by Andrew C. Stewart
Painting by Andrew C. Stewart of Cosmic Art.
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Local Documents

Risks Comparable to NEOs
NEO Deflection Technology
NEO's: Origin, Collision Rate and Actuarial Risk
The Increasing Rate of Discovery of Asteroids
Objects Currently within 0.3AU of the Earth
Today's Map of the Inner Solar System
Comet and Asteroid Collision Probabilities
The Threat of Asteroidal and Cometary Impacts
Extreme albedo comets and the impact hazard (PDF Format)
Earth in the Cosmic Shooting Gallery (PDF Format)
The 1930 Brazilian Impact
Asteroid Impact Animations
"Science of Armageddon" - Jay Tate


Other Documents

How a Near-Earth Object Impact Might Affect Society - 2003 PDF
Workshop on Scientific Requirements for Mitigation of Hazardous Comets and Asteroids - 2002
UK Government Taskforce Report
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, 1999 - PDF
AIAA Position Paper, 1995
The NEO Survey Workgroup Report, 1995
The Spaceguard Survey Report, 1992 (PDF)
Tsunami from Asteroid/Comet Impacts


Observational Programmes

The SpaceWatch Project
The LINEAR Project
The NEAT Project
The LONEOS Project
The Catalina Sky Survey
The ODAS Project
Klet Observatory Follow Up Program
Visnjan Observatory
European Asteroid Research Node
Canadian NEOSSat


Spaceguard

The International Spaceguard Foundation
The Spaceguard Central Node
Spaceguard UK
Comet and Asteroid Information Network
Japan Spaceguard Association
Spaceguard Croatia
The Australian Spaceguard Survey


Other

Planetary Defense DVD
Cambridge-Conference Essays
UK NEO Information Centre
Current Impact Risks from NASA
NEODYS Risks Page
NEO Dynamic Site
Asteroid Observing Services from Lowell Observatory
Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHA's)
Small Asteroids Encounters List
Impact Simulations from Sandia
The Planetary Society NEO Pages
Tunguska Home Page
Rio Cuarto Impacts
Tagish Lake Fireball
Chiemgau Impact Event
Impact Crater Map
Terrestrial Impact Craters
Terrestrial Impact Sites
Display Asteroid Orbits
Tumbling Stone, online newsletter
Earth Impact Effects Program
Make an Impact!
Asteroid/Comet Connection Site
Future Asteroid Interception Research

Last Revised: 2009 November 2nd