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astro-ph2005★ 263 cited
A Gravitational Tractor for Towing Asteroids
Edward T. Lu, Stanley G. Love
We present a concept for a spacecraft that can controllably alter the trajectory of an Earth threatening asteroid using gravity as a towline. The spacecraft hovers near the asteroi…
astro-ph1998
1620 Geographos and 433 Eros: Shaped by Planetary Tides?
W. F. Bottke, D. C. Richardson, P. Michel +1
Until recently, most asteroids were thought to be solid bodies whose shapes were determined largely by collisions with other asteroids. It now seems that many asteroids are little…