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1 KILLER ASTEROIDS

2 Robert Jedicke

3 A STEROIDS

4 C OMETS

5 M ETEORS

6 KNOWN MAJOR ASTEROID IMPACTS

7 Honolulu Advertiser, 2002 October 10

8 KNOWN MAJOR ASTEROID IMPACTS

9 B ARRINGER C RATER, A RIZONA 2/3 mile diameter crater 50 yard diameter asteroid 50 thousand years ago REGIONAL destruction

10 KNOWN MAJOR ASTEROID IMPACTS

11 From http://www-th.bo.infn.it/tunguska/

12 Just Blasted TUNGUSKA vs OAHU Burnt & Blasted

13 U.S. Defence Department Satellite Detections of small NEO Impacts on Earth (2003-2005)

14 2008 TC 3 First and only asteroid discovered before impact.

15 Asteroid Impact Statistics

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17 FATALITIES PER YEAR c. 2010

18 G RAVITATIONAL D EFLECTION

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22 STEROID ERRESTRIAL IMPACT AST LERT YSTEM AA TT LL AA SS

23 AA TT LL AA SS STEROID ERRESTRIAL IMPACT AST LERT YSTEM

24 AA STEROID ERRESTRIAL IMPACT AST LERT YSTEM TT LL AA SS

25 STEROID ERRESTRIAL IMPACT AST LERT YSTEM AA TT LL AA SS portable robotic autonomous local Ironwood Observatory

26 STEROID ERRESTRIAL IMPACT AST LERT YSTEM AA TT LL AA SS Cost ≈ $2M construction for 2 sites ≈ $0.5M/year operations ≈ $1M incremental/site Time 2 years from start of funding

27 AA TT LL AA SS ATLAS will identify >60% of all impactors

28 Bolides One bolide like 2008 TC3 per year STEROID ERRESTRIAL IMPACT AST LERT YSTEM AA TT LL AA SS

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