D. Farnocchia, F. Bernardi, G. B. Valsecchi
In the framework of the European Space Situational Awareness program, we
considered a network of telescopes capable of scanning all the observable sky
each night, in order to determine the efficiency of discovering Near-Earth
objects (NEOs) in the size range of the Tunguska-like asteroids, from 160 m
down to 10 m. In the present paper we measure the performances of the proposed
survey in terms of the time needed to discover with a reasonable advance at
least 50% of the impactors in the considered population. Our results suggest
that the studied survey would be a significant addition to the current NEO
discovery efforts.
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1110.3964
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