Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8134375 | Icarus | 2018 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
On 2015 November 13, the small artificial object designated WT1190F entered the Earth atmosphere above the Indian Ocean offshore Sri Lanka after being discovered as a possible new asteroid only a few weeks earlier. At ESA's SSA-NEO Coordination Centre we took advantage of this opportunity to organize a ground-based observational campaign, using WT1190F as a test case for a possible similar future event involving a natural asteroidal body.
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Authors
Marco Micheli, Alberto Buzzoni, Detlef Koschny, Gerhard Drolshagen, Ettore Perozzi, Olivier Hainaut, Stijn Lemmens, Giuseppe Altavilla, Italo Foppiani, Jaime Nomen, Noelia Sánchez-Ortiz, Wladimiro Marinello, Gianpaolo Pizzetti, Andrea Soffiantini,