Agenda & Papers

2007 Planetary Defense Conference
Invited Presentations and Papers

The following are the presentations and papers associated with the 2007 Planetary Defense Conference. Included are copies of papers and presentation materials, where available, and videos of the presentations themselves. The conference White Paper summarizes consensus findings and reccomendations. Papers and presentations are posted in printable format (pdf).

March 5, 2007

Keynote:
Simon P. “Pete” Worden, Director, NASA Ames Research Center (Presentation)

SESSION 1A: Discovery & Characterization

Chair: David Morrison, NASA Ames Research Center

Invited Presentations

• Current NASA Discovery/Characterization Efforts: The Recommendations of the 2003 SDT Report and the December 2005 Congressional Request
  Donald Yeomans, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Abstract) (Presentation)
  
• December 2006 Report to Congress on the Next Generation of Search and Characterization
  Lindley Johnson, NASA Headquarters (Presentation)
  
• Evaluation of Present and Future Ground-Based Surveys and Implications of a Large Increase in NEA Discovery Rate
  Alan Harris, Space Science Institute (Presentation)
  
• NEO Warning Times for NEAs and Comets
  Paul Chodas, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Presentation)
  
• NEO Alert Frequency, the Evolution of Impact Probabilities, and Keyhole Dynamics
  Steven Chesley, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Presentation)

Poster Papers

• The Impact of Deep Impact
  Jeffrey Van Cleve (Paper)
• Corrections for Initial Masses of Large Fireballs from the Canada Network
  M.I. Gritsevich, V.P. Stulov (Paper)
  
• An Analysis of the Correction Problem for the Near-Earth Asteroid (99942) Apophis=2004 MN4
  V.V. Ivashkin and C.A. Stikhno (Presentation) (Paper)
  
• Planetary Cosmogony of the Solar System: The Origin of Dangerous Meteoroids
  Alexander V. Bagrov (Paper) (Presentation)
  

 

SESSION 1B: Discovery & Characterization

Chair: Donald Yeomans, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Invited Presentations

• Radar Reconnaissance of Near Earth Asteroids
  Steve Ostro, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Paper) (Presentation)
  
• Results of the Hayabusa Mission to NEA Itokawa
  Makoto Yoshikawa, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Presentation)
  
• To What Extent Can NEAs be Grouped by Their Common Physical Characteristics?
  Richard Binzel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Presentation)
  
• Internal Structures of NEOs
  Erik Asphaug, University of California at Santa Cruz
  
• Near Earth Asteroid Characterization Missions
  David Morrison, NASA Ames Research Center (Presentation)

Poster Papers

• Covariance Analysis of Near Earth Objects (NEOs)
  Vannaroth Nuth, et al (Paper) (Presentation)
  
• Comet Threat Mitigation Approaches & Challenges
  James A. Marusek (Paper) (Presentation)
  
• NEAT: Near Earth Asteroid Trailblazer Characterization Mission
  David Morrison, Julie Mikula, Kevin Martin (Paper) (Presentation)
  
• Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Missions with the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle
  M.A. LeCompte, et al (Paper) (Presentation)