Here are a selection of papers on asteroids written by Dr. Edward Tagliaferri.
This is the paper that started it all!
AIAA Position Paper (1990): “Dealing With the Threat of an Asteroid Striking the Earth“
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Other papers:
- AIAA Position Paper (1995): “Responding to the Potential Threat of a Near-Earth-Object Impact“
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- AIAA Paper: “The History of AIAA’s Interest in Planetary Defense“
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- “Historical Evidence of Recent Impacts on the Earth“
by Ivan V. Nemtchinov, I.B. Kosarev, O.P. Popova, V.V. Shuvalov, V.V. Svettsov, R.E. Spalding, C. Jacobs, J. Shavez, E. Tagliaferri
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