Assessing the Vera Rubin Observatory’s Ability to Discover Asteroid Impactors before They Collide with Earth

Asteroid impactors larger than ∼10 m, from Chelyabinsk-scale to >300 m continental threats, remain the dominant planetary-defense risk. While the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) will transform solar system science, its observing cadence and survey design were not opt...

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Principais autores:	Qifeng Cheng, Daniel Scolnic, Jacob A. Kurlander, Ian Chow, Maryann Benny Fernandes
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	IOP Publishing 2026-01-01
coleção:	The Astronomical Journal
Assuntos:	Near-Earth objects Asteroids Astrometry Sky surveys Astronomical simulations Time domain astronomy
Acesso em linha:	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ae5936
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