NEOShield

Simulation of the approximation of (153814) 2001 WN5 in June 2028

NEOShield was an international, EU- funded initiative to explore ways in which planetary defense might look if humanity is threatened by Near Earth Objects (NEO) . The primary research purpose was to investigate possible methods of asteroid defense. The studies began in January 2012.

The follow-up project NEOShield 2 started in March 2015 .

Project participant

Scientists and research institutions from European countries as well as Russia and the United States took part in the international research project.

Involved were u. a. Astrium (Germany, France and UK), Deimos Space (Spain), Queen's University Belfast (UK), the Paris Observatory (France), the Center national de la recherche scientifique (France), the Open University (UK), the ZNIImasch (Russia), the SETI Institute (USA), the University of Surrey (UK) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Short Term Dynamics (Germany).

The project coordinator was the German space agency DLR .

financing

NEOShield was funded with 4 million euros from the EU FP7 program and should run until mid-2015. Another 1.8 million euros should be raised by the participating research institutions.

See also

• B612 Foundation
• Space Situational Awareness
• Planetary Defense Coordination Office

Web links

• Official website
• Project description by the German Aerospace Center dlr.de, accessed on February 5, 2012
• NASA's Near-Earth Object Program , jpl.nasa.gov, accessed on January 24, 2012 (English)
• NEO Shield - Early Warning of the Potential Threat to Earth from a Comet or Monster Asteroid , dailygalaxy.com
• A Global Approach to Near-Earth Object Impact Threat Mitigation elib.dlr.de, PDF, accessed on January 24, 2012
• Danger from outer space stretches a protective screen against asteroids on spiegel.de, accessed on January 28, 2012

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jonathan Amos: NEOShield to assess Earth defense. BBC News, January 22, 2011, accessed May 29, 2012 . 
2. ↑ The bombs from space. welt.de, February 6, 2012, accessed on February 21, 2012 . 
3. ↑ Mitigation of the NEO Impact Threat oosa.unvienna.org, PDF, accessed on February 22, 2013
4. ↑ NEOShield-2 neoshield.net, accessed on 19 March 2016
5. ↑ Sarah Korones: Scientists assess likelihood of Earth-Impacting comets . January 22, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
6. ^ The Partners in the NEOShield Project neoshield.net, accessed November 15, 2012
7. ↑ NEOShield - Project to protect against objects close to earth ( Memento of the original from February 7th, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dlr.de  
8. ↑ ^{a b} A Global Approach to Near-Earth Object Impact Threat Mitigation . CORDIS. Archived from the original on March 28, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 29, 2012. 
9. ^ Asteroid protection and cooperation dradio.de, January 26, 2012
10. ^ Asteroid defense project "Armageddon" sueddeutsche.de, accessed on January 28, 2012